Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] already [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 2 | The man was already living beyond sundown , George told himself . |
| 3 | Alina looked out to where the wagon was already disappearing from sight ; and she nodded , barely perceptibly . |
| 4 | My mother glanced at the clock before looking at the window to ascertain that the garden was already retreating into night , and drew the curtains . |
| 5 | The rapist was already lying in wait for the twenty eight year old woman when she arrived home last night . |
| 6 | Behind them , gunfire was already rumbling like thunder on the edge of the city . |