Example sentences of "having [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gloried in the cunningness of it , the feeling of having outwitted the others , of knowing what they did not ; that he was out and away and they were back there where he 'd left them , ignorantly worrying where he was , searching ; wondering . |
| 2 | This means at least 70 per cent of people attending fertility clinics will feel they are failures — not only for having to attend the clinic , but also for not having succeeded with treatment ; they may also feel they have failed the clinic and the doctor , as well as themselves , their partners and families . |
| 3 | Firstly , having broken the rules of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland by attending Catholic mass , he found himself suspended and denied the sacraments . |
| 4 | There was a brief impression of two men stumbling down the track as though they had been hit in the leg , while the man with the pinned arm , having broken the arrow that held him , hurtled off in to the undergrowth . |
| 5 | The American will appear before members of the disciplinary committee at Portman Square , having broken the rules twice in a day at Goodwood last Thursday . |
| 6 | When I read Mary Gordon 's Final Payments a few years ago I shuddered with relief at having broken the spell of what had been wished on me . |
| 7 | This puts the Law literally and metaphorically on the side of the blacks , who are also deemed ‘ out of order ’ for having broken the rules of a fair fight . |
| 8 | On that Friday afternoon Mr. Bell denied having broken the conditions of his bail not to approach Bridget Coffey . |
| 9 | Having broken the ice , the shy one then feels more confident to contribute on his own later . |
| 10 | But his voice pushed at her urgently , as if , having broken the barriers in his own mind , he needed to sweep her quickly towards a resolution . |
| 11 | Only 17pc admitted to having broken the law and 66pc said juvenile punishments were ‘ far too soft ’ . |
| 12 | Having criss-crossed the ground , the aerial spotter sighted a van being driven suspiciously , near one of the dugin positions . |
| 13 | It 's that at the age of 34 , fourteen years after first shambling on stage in downtown Chicago , having criss-crossed the stand-up circuit from coast to coast and guested on very hip chat show from David Letterman to Arsenio Hall , he should be bigger than he is . |
| 14 | The Substitute had refused the chair offered to him , choosing instead to wander about the room , taking brief puffs on his cigar and regarding everything and everyone with an amused detachment that gave the impression of his being mildly surprised but pleased at having to perform the office of Public Prosecutor . |
| 15 | And if Davie 's principles make him what some might call ‘ elitist ’ or ‘ undemocratic ’ , as in his stinging verdicts on ‘ catchpenny enterprises … like the Arvon Poetry Competitions ’ , it is not without his having pondered the arguments about the place and function of elites and of high art in a democratic nation far more deeply than the bulk of his fellow countrymen . |
| 16 | Having pondered the operating characteristics of the circuit , the next criterion in our list relates to the space available in the housing used to accommodate the finished board . |
| 17 | By making a positive election the husband avoids the Inspector making a determination under s222(5) ( b ) as to which is the husband 's main residence and avoids the necessity for an appeal and having to claim the benefit of the concession . |
| 18 | If this were true then the fact of having to report the indicators may encourage managers to achieve their targets . |
| 19 | The loss resulted from a practice known as tobashi , which involved brokers shifting investment losses by one client to another , in order to prevent a favoured client from having to report the loss . |
| 20 | The Dudayev leadership accused the Russian authorities of having manipulated the revolt , and instigated criminal investigation of the " coup " . |
| 21 | Judge Kazuo Kato declared that ‘ having received the trust of the people , the state has the authority to determine the content of a child 's education ’ . |
| 22 | Yesterday , East Germany was in the firing line for having received the Dalai Lamai , exiled spiritual leader of Tibet , in East Berlin on Wednesday . |
| 23 | Yesterday , East Germany was in the firing line for having received the Dalai Lamai , exiled spiritual leader of Tibet , in East Berlin on Wednesday . |
| 24 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 25 | EVERYONE must be wondering what is happening on the Mid-Hants Railway , the ‘ Watercress Line ’ , having received the startling news from the pages of a contemporary magazine that volunteers have been resigning from the work force in substantial numbers . |
| 26 | The Scottish bishops of this period were normally consecrated by the archbishop of York , and there was no protest against this practice until 1120 , when Anselm 's disciple Eadmer , having received the bishopric of St Andrews , attempted to insist that he should be consecrated at Canterbury . |
| 27 | Having received the unspoken messages which every corner gives ( the condition of the toilets , the way books in the library are presented , the displays along corridors and in classrooms , the amount of litter around the building , the beauty or devastation of the flower beds , the graffiti on the walls ) judgements are made about school and schooling . |
| 28 | A growing band of countries finds it impossible to borrow a penny from anyone without having received the IMF 's seal of good housekeeping . |
| 29 | In 1106 , after the death of his brother Geoffrey , Fulk of Anjou was recorded by Orderic as having received the county of Anjou from King Philip I ; his homage therefore implied feudal subordination . |
| 30 | Fred Voncken , head of finance for the Directorate of the Arts of the Ministry of Culture told The Art Newspaper that the Minister , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , having received the backing of the two main political parties , has urged the cabinet to accept the changes as soon as the European Parliament decides that a lower VAT band is permissible for all cultural activities . |