Example sentences of "[was/were] already [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lights were already beginning to diamond out of the shadowed pine woods on the lower slopes . |
| 2 | Our spirits were already beginning to flag when I received a letter from Eliot dated 2 June : |
| 3 | His eyelids were already fluttering into sleep . |
| 4 | His comments came as it was revealed that three-quarters of Tory MPs wanted needy people to be protected from the tax on fuel and on the eve of a report , to be issued today , which said families in debt on their fuel bills were already choosing between heating and eating — even before the proposed addition of VAT . |
| 5 | The sweat was dripping from her face on to her breasts which were already glistening with water like orb-shaped fruit in the rain . |
| 6 | One cold evening , Seb returned from the cottage to Handley Farm along lanes , the banks of which were already glistening with frost . |
| 7 | He pointed out that large groups such as Hilton and Holiday Inns were already investing in fire protection beyond the minimum requirements . |
| 8 | His snowdrops were already wilting like wax candles in the warmth of his hand , and as he copied the mourners ahead of him and stood up , one flower slipped between his fingers on to the rust-coloured floor . |
| 9 | Left with no choice but to accept the responsibility or to pursue its own independent inquiries , the airline instructed Windels , Marx , Davies & Ives to prepare its defence and to investigate the suggestions of government complicity that were already coming to light . |
| 10 | Air quality manager Peter Shawcross said the results were currently being examined and evaluated and that interesting facts were already coming to light . |
| 11 | He glanced down the slope wishing he had brought boots ; his shoes were already letting in mud . |
| 12 | Yesterday , police confirmed that , in addition to three fires they were already treating as arson , a fourth fire at a holiday home in Pennal , Meirionnydd , was being treated as suspicious . |
| 13 | Creed and McGowan were already waiting in front of the elevator doors . |
| 14 | Many were already suffering from pellet wounds inflicted by the shotguns of Chuck 's hunters , and the last dregs of their resistance crumbled before the menacing line of armed men . |
| 15 | The remainder of these unfortunates were already contributing to family incomes as labourers , shop boys , glovers , house-servants , rag collectors and so on . |
| 16 | Cameron and Menzies found themselves moving out of the door in a file of soldiers whose feet were already walking in step . |
| 17 | The man was already living beyond sundown , George told himself . |
| 18 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |
| 19 | Even as Acheson pondered the problem Smith argues that the US was already moving toward support of the French although it might not have been so much a matter of whose hand was on the tiller as how the compass was being set . |
| 20 | By 1633 he was already moving in court circles . |
| 21 | Behind them , gunfire was already rumbling like thunder on the edge of the city . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not going anywhere until I find out what happened , Joe , ’ she warned him , but he was already nodding in agreement . |
| 23 | The blow struck only partly home , because Satan was already twisting in mid-air , trying for another bite as he dropped away . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Christian accompanied him once to Ireland to watch a new filly run , took one look through the field-glasses , announced he was already dying of boredom , and departed to look at paintings . |
| 26 | Alina looked out to where the wagon was already disappearing from sight ; and she nodded , barely perceptibly . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 29 | They had a point , I was forced to admit , since I was already suffering from frostbite in the toes . |
| 30 | She was already sweating with exertion . |