Example sentences of "was already [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man was already living beyond sundown , George told himself . |
| 2 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | By 1633 he was already moving in court circles . |
| 5 | Behind them , gunfire was already rumbling like thunder on the edge of the city . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not going anywhere until I find out what happened , Joe , ’ she warned him , but he was already nodding in agreement . |
| 7 | The blow struck only partly home , because Satan was already twisting in mid-air , trying for another bite as he dropped away . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Alina looked out to where the wagon was already disappearing from sight ; and she nodded , barely perceptibly . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He had something up his sleeve … an idea had germinated and was already going into action . |
| 13 | They had a point , I was forced to admit , since I was already suffering from frostbite in the toes . |
| 14 | She was already sweating with exertion . |
| 15 | The rapist was already lying in wait for the twenty eight year old woman when she arrived home last night . |