Example sentences of "already [verb] the [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advance ticket sales for the final have already broken the 50,000 barrier and are approaching a British Test record of 54,000 , also set at Wembley in 1990 . |
| 2 | Cowdrey , like the rest of David Gower 's touring party , had already seen the 1984-85 trip get off to a violent start . |
| 3 | The current land supply already exceeds the five year requirement . |
| 4 | We have already cited the 1800 correspondent to the Courrier des spectacles on the subject of mechanical time beaters : ‘ Doubtless there is a batteur in the wings or for the chorus … |
| 5 | In the period February 21st-26th , the French losses amounted to 25,000 men , and , although during that time the ratio of French and German casualties was reliably estimated at three to one , by the 29th German losses had already passed the 25,000 mark . |
| 6 | The Ministry of Agriculture reports that passport applications have already topped the quarter-of-a-million mark but stresses that that does not mean that cattle for which a premium claim has been made will be sold immediately . |