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 . |