Example sentences of "was already [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cold was like weasels biting and the strong strange musky smell of the fo'c'sle played on her stomach that was already protesting over the gobbled bread . |
| 2 | Privily he would have liked to enjoy the fun but his heart was already labouring against the cold . |
| 3 | He was already thinking of the creation of a Russian army , but had no idea how to go about it . |
| 4 | She was already moving towards the door . |
| 5 | The telephone was already ringing by the time Folly returned to the flat , and she had almost picked it up before realising that the only person likely to be ringing her was Luke . |
| 6 | Maggie peered through the frost that was already forming on the canopy . |
| 7 | What he wrote was already forming in the minds of married women torn between homes and the lure of careers , between the roles of sex objects or earth mothers . |
| 8 | Luke shows how the close relationship between God and Jesus was already forming in the twelve-year-old . |
| 9 | In the refectory a queue was already forming alongside the hissing Espresso machines and perspex lids of the snack counter , so he sent Diane off to find a table . |
| 10 | The black paint on the body was already peeling from the heat , though the Doctor guessed from the depth of the dust layer that it had n't been there more than a couple of days . |
| 11 | The captain was already shouting at the sailors , and the ship was turning , turning to the west , away from the light . |
| 12 | Mannerism is usually seen as an RCA development ; but once again we find that it was already developing during the Sun period , notably in ‘ Baby Let's Play House ’ ( 1955 ) . |
| 13 | The movement aggravated the sensations she was already experiencing at the contact with Travis 's warm body . |
| 14 | Her hand was already reaching for the telephone when a large shape loomed in what now became recognisable as a doorway . |
| 15 | Shelley was already reaching for the suturing packs . |
| 16 | Luney was already stepping into the boat when Franky saw Delia Sutherland half-way down the steps . |
| 17 | Worse still , one of them had lost its lid and a sluggish , syrupy lake was already spreading across the floor . |
| 18 | The plentiful records in Edinburgh provide a unique example of the way this classic restructuring of the work process was already operating in the book-printing houses , before the introduction of composing machines . |
| 19 | Senior officer Ken Sweeney said that the prison was already operating within the provisions of the new Food Safety Act : ‘ Although we do n't have to , we already invite in EHOs because we have nothing to hide and are open to advice . ’ |
| 20 | As the owl hooted and the night train called , Erika was already slipping into the state where the real world fades and the dreamworld begins , thinking of Fritz and that last , subtle touch of two hands . |
| 21 | The company had been well placed to take advantage of the 1960s consumer boom , and was already prospering by the time Horsley joined the Board in 1963 , at the age of twenty-nine . |
| 22 | And she was already looking around the room for the gun or the knife that he would surely have about him somewhere . |
| 23 | The Financial Times of Jan. 28 noted that the co-operative and private sector was already reeling from the previous week 's monetary reform , having " relied heavily on the large cash economy and soaring prices to fuel its takeoff " . |
| 24 | I spent it on a bike , carried on doing a paper round , and by the time I was 14 , I was already contributing to the family coffers . |
| 25 | The Baron was already standing at the open front door . |
| 26 | Thoroughly alarmed by now , Control pondered what to do , but by the time they phoned Colwyn Bay No 1 box , the train was already standing at the platform , and started to move off . |
| 27 | He was already standing in the doorway , looking at her , and looking damned pleased with himself , too . |
| 28 | A burly constable was already standing by the public telephone , and no-one so far had been sufficiently intrepid as to approach him . |
| 29 | Twoflower was already rummaging in the chest . |
| 30 | Rosie was already rifling along the rows of dresses . |