Example sentences of "[vb base] already [verb] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's not fair , ’ gasped Rachel , ‘ I 've already done a couple of laps ! ’ |
| 2 | I 've already made a list of the questions you should ask h — ’ |
| 3 | Guidelines are good but we 've already put a lot of safety precautions into practice . |
| 4 | I 've already had a couple of tentative enquiries . |
| 5 | We 've already had a couple of plonkers sending us demonstration games from the Shoot-Em-Up Construction Kit , but luckily for them we spotted the offending articles ( not difficult ) . |
| 6 | I 've already had a couple of spats with them and they would n't pass up an opportunity like this to poke fun . |
| 7 | You 'd be on the line for a certain amount of publicity , but I 've been looking at today 's papers and it seems you 've already had a taste of what the Press can be like … ’ |
| 8 | He says they 've already had a lot of bookings . |
| 9 | Well the lowest figure , erm we 've already got a level of commitment , we have to have three thousand de-allocations if that was the case , that does not seem to me to be correct . |
| 10 | TIP If you 've already got a play-pen of this kind , be sure to check the rim covering regularly . |
| 11 | Presumably they did n't know I 've already got a copy of the catalogue . |
| 12 | Many branches have already scheduled a range of exciting events based on the birthday in addition to the events that will be happening nationwide . |
| 13 | We have already begun a process of Large-Scale Voluntary Transfer which allows local authority tenants to opt to transfer to a housing association . |
| 14 | Team meetings and management reviews have already become a way of life and a new breath of fresh air seems to have blown through the company . |
| 15 | Just to conclude , erm , I mentioned earlier that er , members of the , of the Committee have already received a copy of the Agency 's first work strategy . |
| 16 | Archaeologists from Newcastle University have already made a number of test excavations at the site of the extension and found nothing of historical value . |
| 17 | An alternative way of stopping date and time values from changing if you have already made a lot of entries into a spreadsheet is to use the /Range , Value command and specifying the relevant range of cells when prompted ‘ Convert what ? and then pressing enter twice so that the same starting point is used for ‘ To where ? ’ . |
| 18 | We have already defined a lambda-matrix of which the elements are rational integral functions of some parameter unc Such matrices arise in many problems of mechanics . |
| 19 | Sales of the present Milan missile have already exceeded a quarter of a million rounds at a cost of several thousand pounds each . |
| 20 | Curiously , Gill and Jackson are aware of the problem of identity confusion but believe that it can be avoided if black children are placed transracially when very young : ‘ it is possible that older black children may , by the time a placement has occurred , have already internalised a definition of themselves as being black and that this definition may jeopardise the possibility of integration and emotional identification within a white family ’ ( p. 138 ) . |
| 21 | The bulk of the Derry side are under seventeen but several have already gained a measure of senior experience with their clubs . |
| 22 | We have already seen a form of this in the accompaniment to Webern 's song in Op. 23 quoted above ( Example 134 ) . |
| 23 | We have already seen a number of examples of this . |
| 24 | My senior staff have already addressed a meeting of Citizens Advice representatives in Edinburgh and explained to them the Council Tax legislation . |
| 25 | We have already helped a number of these groups , but we need your help urgently . |
| 26 | ‘ They have already had a bit of excitement , while the rest of the country has had to put up with the phoney war . ’ |
| 27 | While we have already had a taste of the true joy of the Christian life , how can we progress to delight in God as the source and fulfilment of all our happiness ? |