Example sentences of "[v-ing] they on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd been designing tube amps for decades , and manufacturing them on site , whereas other companies were perhaps wanting to get into the tube amp market from scratch . |
| 2 | Select committees have had substantial coverage , but all the evidence suggests — and this is my own impression , having served or attended many committees over the years and now seeing them on television — that , with a few minor modifications , the ways these committees work is little changed . |
| 3 | TWO High Street banks have been accused of trying to conceal up to 2,500 redundancies by announcing them on election day . |
| 4 | This can happen if , for example , the sub-purchaser bought the goods from someone who was hiring them on hire purchase terms . |
| 5 | Every month , Asmar 's secretary would take the Sunboat from Jounieh to Larnaca to collect the payroll from Coleman for distribution within the network , each cell member then signing his cheques and counter-signing them on presentation to a Lebanese bank for payment . |
| 6 | Thus in northern Nigeria there has been a long-established practice of Hausa farmers purchasing immature beef cattle at the end of the harvesting season , and feeding them on maize stalks and other crop residues during the dry season , before marketing them at the end of six months . |
| 7 | If they were in the possession of a warehouseman ( or other agent ) holding them on behalf of the seller , that is sufficient . |
| 8 | The busy periods for the neighbourhood unit reflect those of all policing — Thursdays to Saturdays — and accompanying them on beat duty on these days further illustrates the range of duties which comprise neighbourhood policing and some of the factors which structure it . |
| 9 | John Nelson , a communications consultant has been examining them on behalf of the Sunday Times and his conclusions are greatly at odds with the story so far . |
| 10 | John Nelson , a communications consultant has been examining them on behalf of the Sunday Times and his conclusions are greatly at odds with the story so far . |
| 11 | Furthermore , recording them on video allows for discussion in which the ‘ rules of appropriateness ’ can begin to be described rather than being left to instinct . |
| 12 | The Chelsea goalkeeper has found a new lease of life at Grimsby since joining them on loan . |
| 13 | Sometimes I still pick up the guitar for ideas , but I find that I end up finishing them on piano . ’ |
| 14 | The activities include befriending the elderly or taking them on day trips , re-creating trails and footpaths in National parks , organizing and running barge holidays for mentally handicapped children , and ‘ greening ’ inner cities by developing disused allotments . |
| 15 | I 'm conscious of the fact obviously that individual departments are taking them on board , but I think we , it is important that we actually do have a consistent approach , and it might well be that budget review at some future meeting might want to consider the monitoring of progress in order to satisfy the district auditor in future events . |
| 16 | At , if you see them live without hearing them on record , you will . |
| 17 | The Office of Fair Trading agreed that ‘ from a competition viewpoint there might be a great deal of benefit in combining the two funds and placing them on insurance principles , setting premiums on the basis of risk ’ . |
| 18 | They 're restoring seventy-five thousand wills before putting them on microfilm . |
| 19 | no just keep putting them on top and when you get to the bottom |
| 20 | The thousands of sale catalogues formerly in the collection of the London art dealers Leggatt Brothers , recently sold at Sotheby 's , have been purchased with the intention of putting them on database . |
| 21 | Like using old '70s art covers and guitar legends , turning them around and putting them on Number One albums , ha ha ! |
| 22 | For them the critical starting date in human history was the one in 1896 when British law was changed to allow motor-cars to be driven without a man preceding them on foot carrying a red flag . |
| 23 | It is significant that under s46(2) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , banks or finance companies who have only acquired goods for the purposes of supplying them on hire , hire purchase or conditional sale , are not treated as suppliers for the purposes of liability for defective products and consumer safety . |
| 24 | One senses disappointment from Morgan : ‘ Watching them on video , you can not fail to be impressed by their repeated ability to get men behind the ball , which is the biggest thing in sevens . ’ |
| 25 | Regarding the changes made since the writing of the booklet , the researcher will gain pleasure from discovering them on site . |
| 26 | All the occupants of Teignmouth had fled as the French came ashore and the 500 horse militia which assembled on Haldon [ or Halden ] Hill , some two miles [ 3.2 km ] behind Teignmouth , simply watched as the invaders tore down the thatch from the cottages before setting them on fire . |
| 27 | The warden was responsible for the safe keeping in the castle gaol of ordinary prisoners and political prisoners , as well as Forest offenders , and for delivering them on bail on receipt of the appropriate writ . |
| 28 | I have just placed a report before the Region 's Finance Committee updating them on Council Tax issues and I enclose a copy of this report herewith for your information . |