Example sentences of "have already been [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the move he had already been planting exotics in the sheltered garden with a slope to the south-west ; an ideal situation for the rare trees he collected over the next twenty years . |
| 2 | As soon as she entered the room she knew that Clare had already been telling tales ; or at least complaining to her colleagues . |
| 3 | In later life he seems to have returned to his early interest in astronomy ( on which he had already been writing papers at the age of eighteen ) . |
| 4 | THOSE OF you who remember Sly & Robbie 's so-called golden period , when students would approach reggae DJs and ask for ‘ something by Sly & Robbie ’ when the DJ had already been playing records driven by them all night , had better get used to some changes . |
| 5 | If you 've already been wearing glasses you must still be given a prescription , even if your sight has n't changed . |