Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to go into a little more the composition of the net debt which again is something that er interests some of you we have er a reduction both on gross debt and equally an increase in cash as you would expect as a result of the Elsivir sale the increases are not fixed debt fixed term fixed rate debt is a function again of the exchange rate we have n't in issued any more the whole of the reduction of debt therefore is confined to our floating rate or variable debt and that amount 's ready to the repayment of the gilder drawings we had under our to hedge or partially to hedge our holding in Elsivir We have increased our cash holdings and they remain concentrated in sterling as part of our sterling er asset er portfolio which is managed from Millbank and which we regard as our investable funds as and when needed . |
| 2 | Sometimes they get blown off course by exceptionally strong winds — to thrill bird watchers by their apparent ‘ tameness ’ and exquisite plumage ; to spin on the spot in circles ; and to dab at the water surface for invertebrate food . |
| 3 | It often happens that while on their southward migration in autumn , they get forced off course by westerly gales , at times arriving in Shetland in large numbers . |
| 4 | You mean to say they get paid for stuff like this ? |
| 5 | They feel involved as part of the presentation . |
| 6 | They 've trained in addition to the once a month or even twice a month , they 've trained whenever their duties allowed . |
| 7 | She says when we come in the summer there are geese , then they 've gone at Christmas to be eaten . |
| 8 | Now remember I am the leader of a party that has been in the front line against his violence for twenty years , and have been at many risks , as have been members of my party , but when I say that that dialogue is the best hope they 've seen for peace for twenty years . |
| 9 | So , I mean these are the supporters that they , they 've got to sort of focus on erm even i he does say that some of the erm er leaders of the associations are n't actually up to scratch but he says eighty five percent of them are and it would be wrong to attack or to arrest , you know , the other fifteen percent and it 's got to come from their own discipline of the association , you let the movement grow together , do n't try and er become er , you know , resisting forces because er these are the people who we 've got to erm s stay with and to look after , to harness erm to work for and er so that 's basically , is his conclusion . |
| 10 | You wan na see the games they 've got for sale in London at Christmas and I have n't . |
| 11 | I mean their stock play normally is er a quality ball from Thomson into big Walsh well you know with Walsh missing they they 've got ta sort of be a little bit more inventive with their free kicks . |
| 12 | They 've got in touch with the three people that they 've got at |
| 13 | Well that 's what he says they 've got in stock at the moment . |
| 14 | We spoke to leading hairdressers up and down the country to find out just what they 've got in store for you this year . |
| 15 | Paul Mason is also available again and , on a ground where they 've come to grief in the past , Aberdeen have been reminded by Willie Miller that only their best will be good enough against St Johnstone . |
| 16 | Customs men raided Timbmet 's yard at Bicester this afternoon … impounding twenty-four tons of Allerce … a Chilean hardwood which they 've had for sale on their books since nineteen ninty . |
| 17 | From that moment they have gone from strength to strength and last year reached the final of the Pilkington Cup only to lose in extra time . |
| 18 | The crunch game came at the second hurdle when Sudbury toppled the mighty London Welsh at Moorsfield , after which they have gone from strength to strength , bolstered by a refreshing brand of running rugby . |
| 19 | Rather there is an essential assumption of that basic face-to-face conversational context in which all humans acquire language , or as Lyons ( 1977a : 637-8 ) has put it rather more precisely : The grammaticalization and lexicalization of deixis is best understood in relation to what may be termed the canonical situation of utterance : this involves one-one , or one-many , signalling in the phonic medium along the vocal-auditory channel , with all the participants present in the same actual situation able to see one another and to perceive the associated non-vocal paralinguistic features of their utterances , and each assuming the role of sender and receiver in turn There is much in the structure of languages that can only be explained on the assumption that they have developed for communication in face-to-face interaction . |
| 20 | ICPIC gives access to details of global environmental legislation including case histories of other companies and the policies they have developed in response to environmental problems . |
| 21 | I congratulate my right hon. and hon. Friends on the positive case that they have made on behalf of the Labour party , especially for common environmental policies and for minimum social standards as proposed by the social charter , which has been agreed by 11 other countries . |
| 22 | The bonus each policyholder will actually get will depend on the reversionary ( or annual ) bonuses they have received to date on the with-profits element of their policies and will probably be paid out as part of the 1993 bonus distribution in February or March 1994 . |
| 23 | Under s16 of the Legal Aid Act 1988 , if the Legal Aid Board suffers a deficiency in respect of an assisted person 's proceedings ( ie they have paid more to the assisted person 's legal advisers than they have received by way of costs from the other side and from contributions paid ) the statutory charge may attach to money or property " recovered " or " preserved " that has been " in issue " in the course of proceedings . |
| 24 | The structure of the Pacific — its enormous , landless centre , its contorted and congested peripheries — is due entirely to the plates of which it is constructed and the manner in which they have moved in relation to each other . |
| 25 | Whether they have appeared as part of the C. and A.G. 's audit is a moot point . |
| 26 | They have grown in importance in recent years as a way of financing trade , and in particular of tiding firms over the period from when they have to buy inputs to when they are able to sell the finished output . |
| 27 | Few of the youngsters will have been to a big match ; what they are emulating is what they have seen on television in shop windows and heard on their transistors . |
| 28 | The owners of the major-league clubs ( they have increased in number from 26 to 28 with the creation of the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies ) will also have to conclude a new contract with the players ' union . |
| 29 | I believe in treating clients like adults , otherwise you find they have reverted to childhood by the end of a trip . ’ |
| 30 | Many people have found it has helped to make a pact with a friend who is also giving up ; or they have asked for sponsorship from their friends , fellow office workers or family ( their support will be invaluable ) . |