Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] having " in BNC.
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| 1 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
| 2 | I I think you were all here listening to the erm pensioners before you were they were talking about their ideas which were also our ideas in our er report on the designated ownership of , of the pension funds and in particular they had a couple of ideas which you may have heard about having the word pension in the in the names , just technical points , er pension in the names of er of the funds and and people who were er giving advice on behalf of them . |
| 3 | Portadown was criticized for having failed to take advantage of its favourable position for trade . |
| 4 | The economic strategy has also been criticized for having placed too much emphasis on manufacturing , especially on large-scale , capital-intensive schemes such as the paper mill at Fort William . |
| 5 | Another issue which seemed to lead to few concrete proposals was language across the curriculum , where the school was also criticized for having few clear policies . |
| 6 | Developed through having had this magazine of my own since the age of six , and listening to the Top 30 every Tuesday only to run off instantly to the typewriter in order to compile my own personal Top 30 which totally conflicted with how the world really was . |
| 7 | And , sacked for having cancer . |
| 8 | I agree with the reasons given for having allowed the appeal . |
| 9 | I , too , agree with the reasons given for having allowed the appeal . |
| 10 | I , too , agree with the reasons given for having allowed the appeal . |
| 11 | I , too , agree with the reasons given for having allowed the appeal . |
| 12 | The relatively puny father-of-three could have been forgiven for having second thoughts when he was picked . |
| 13 | Erm , if you were diagnosed as having cancer , and was intending to be dead in nine months , what would your reaction be to that ? |
| 14 | Apparently before some time in December , he was diagnosed as having an ulcer and almost immediately afterwards had a slight stroke . |
| 15 | He was severely reprimanded for having spared the Dragoon against orders and told that never again would he be welcome in their ranks . |
| 16 | Police are often delayed through having to seek permission to enter places such as shopping malls , and the law needs to be enforced in pubs and clubs . |
| 17 | And I think he can be regarded as having had first hand and very real experience of the problems of developing erm employment uses in the Greater York area . |
| 18 | After a week in the classroom , those of us who were regarded as having mastered the principles were allowed to run a very simple and short program on the London University computer , provided it was passed by one of our instructors . |
| 19 | Carl Reilly was stopped after having a few too many at a business lunch . |
| 20 | On the one hand , Marx is applauded for having escaped both from a theory which founds its explanations on a conception of individual needs , and from the very idea of a ‘ starting-point ’ . |
| 21 | In this sense it is an addictive illness although , unlike other addictions such as drug taking , the sufferer is not to be blamed for having allowed herself to become addicted . |
| 22 | Probably at home , I got bollocksed for having them last night as well . |
| 23 | People who live near the crematorium have protested about having the building on their doorsteps ; but the minister praised its design and safety features . |
| 24 | Richard Alston quit New Barns special school , Toddington , Gloucs , after his flatmate , former school governor Peter Righton , was fined for having porn photos of naked boys . |
| 25 | He 'd been fined for having a dangerous vehicle . |
| 26 | Grachev was attacked for having put his signature to the timetable . |
| 27 | All other Palestinian higher-learning institutions had been reopened after having been closed at various times since the intifada started . |
| 28 | Calley , who had been sentenced to life imprisonment , was eventually paroled after having served only three years . |
| 29 | No , I 'm not saying they should be forbidden from having political opinions or from making political statements . |
| 30 | At the trials of Calley and others — either because the defence lawyers succeeded in having it excluded or because journalists wanted to spare their readers — the horrifyng detail was not reported . |