Example sentences of "have already [vb pp] off " in BNC.

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1 But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion .
2 But since it has already written off £5 billion worth of debts and thrown in an extra £1.6 billion ‘ green dowry ’ , that means that the entire industry — with thousands of miles of pipework , reservoirs , leisure land , sewage works and so forth — is being given away for minus £1.4 billion .
3 Hewlett-Packard Co , which markets Sequoia 's 68040-based fault-tolerant Unix machines as the HP 9000 Series 1200 line , has already backed off from investing new money to protect its investment in the company , where it holds an 8% stake .
4 Having already auctioned off $1,000 million of debt in July , the government thus reached its $3,500 million limit for debt for equity exchanges , initially envisaged as being spread over three years in the Feb. 4 debt reduction and re-financing agreement with creditor banks [ for which see p. 37243 ] .
5 Her three friends had already run off .
6 Back at the castle , Oyston had already written off the £100,000 .
7 Silvio I had already written off , of course .
8 The receivers had already paid off the debt to the bank which gave rise to their appointment , but had not paid themselves first , as they were entitled to do under the terms of their appointment ( p 99 ) .
9 Our Investigation Department were not dragging their heels in this respect and had already pulled off several coups as a result of painstaking groundwork with contacts abroad and in the UK .
10 It was more than possible that Zhukov had already taken off more prints for himself .
11 Romantic Colin had sent the telex to Orlando airport but the aircraft had already taken off .
12 But he had already rung off .
13 Your heart had already closed off — ’
14 Irina had already set off carrying two suitcases .
15 Stephen had already set off down the path .
16 The influence had already rubbed off on former team-mate Ally McCoist , who was dropped from a vital old firm derby in 1991 for going on a prohibited trip to the Cheltenham Gold Cup .
17 It was strange , but the thought of her sister marrying one of those terrible Feltons no longer filled her with abhorrence ; far better that than bring a child into the world that was n't wanted and whom her mother had already thrown off for adoption .
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