The phrase "already been speaking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone has been engaged in conversation or discussion prior to the current moment.
Example: "I have already been speaking with the client about the project details before the meeting started."
Alternatives: "previously discussed" or "been in conversation".
I've already been speaking to him about the job and the team.
Hulskes says he's already been speaking to people who are interested in applying this idea to elderly people's homes in other countries.
As it happens, 6Wunderkinder and Dropbox had already been speaking, even before Sequoia came on board as an investor.
"We have already been speaking with our partners from the emergency services and all the local authorities which might be affected so they can put their plans into action," said a spokesperson for NRW.
"We have already been speaking with our partners from the emergency services and all the local authorities which might be affected so they can put their plans into action," said a spokesperson.
Telesocial says that it went so far as to enter negotiations to license the service to France Telecom, only to have those talks fall apart at a late stage after the two could not come to terms over exclusivity — Telesocial had already been speaking with another tier-one carrier, so France Telecom wanted to make sure that it could license this all to itself.
Availability is another matter; Ferrari says most of the initial production run has already been spoken for.
Well, apparently all of them that Lamborghini plans to make – all three – have already been spoken for.
Then again, most of the credits in the four-year-old, $1.5 billion program have already been spoken for, according to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, which administers the program.
But, as Mr. Pataki said, it is somewhat anticlimactic as more than $62 billion of a roughly $100 billion plan has already been spoken for in 12 emergency extenders.
Town houses here -- the ones with backyard boat slips -- are selling for $900,000 and most of the 134 units under construction have already been spoken for.
