Example sentences of "having told [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having told her story with some brio , Miss Breeze burst into tears and was comforted by the motherly Miss Maitland . |
| 2 | It 's a little like listening to those debates in parliament where parliament vote themselves extra salaries and I feel very uncomfortable in this process , I thought I might be coming here this morning to disagree with my own group , or those members of them that do n't agree with me , perhaps joined with the conservatives in opposing this motion , but I find in fact that everybody is saying oh let's put up the er , the heading , I feel very uncomfortable with this having spent six months in the budget review , criticising officers up hill and down dale every time that they exceeded their budget , having told them that either they balance their budget or that they came in next year with a budget with no more than a one and a half percent increase , or their successors would be doing it for us . |
| 3 | having told them to stay at home with Tim , I do n't want to be |
| 4 | Very often , I have gone to interview somebody , having told them I want a two and a half minute interview , and I want to cover roughly the following five topics . |
| 5 | Despite having told them that , it 's obviously gone in one ear and out the other ear . |
| 6 | Her hope of happiness was gone , all gone , and if she had to bear a little of the blame for not having told him immediately who she was , then surely that was not a thing to hang her with . |
| 7 | Later , after returning home , in bed with his wife , the merchant taxes her about not having told him the monk had given her the money ; she claims that she thought the money the monk gave her was gift , and that she has already used it to buy clothing ; she will pay , she says , her debts to her husband in bed . |
| 8 | A couple of weeks after Brighton she came into the shop , presuming we were going out together that evening — without having told me what she intended , I 'd arranged to go and see a band with a mate from art college . |
| 9 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 10 | We swayed down the long baggage car , which was half empty of freight and very noisy , and George , having told me to remove and lay aside my waistcoat in case I got oil on it , unlocked the door at the far end . |
| 11 | ‘ So — you 're admitting to having told me a blatant lie ? ’ |
| 12 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 13 | Peter Yeo was also in his office , having told his wife he was lunching with a client . |
| 14 | He arrived in France with his battalion on 30 May 1915 , having told his mother , ‘ I do wish people would not deceive themselves by talk of a just war . |
| 15 | ‘ She must feel terrible for having told us that , ’ said Betty . |
| 16 | They are narrative , and tell us of a situation , or prepare us for some significant message : Once having told us the story , set the mood , and prepared us for the shout of a choir of angels , Handel could paint a triumphant musical fresco with just a few poetic words : |