Example sentences of "having [verb] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having introduced us to the widely ranging Cichlasoma family , and given ideas of how to keep them , our three cichlid experts , JEFF CHALLANDS , MARTIN CHANDLER AND PHIL ROBINSON move on to the nitty-gritty of tanks and equipment . |
| 2 | Having led them to the lagoon entrance , the caller would fly forward to rejoin his body and warn the people of the coming of ‘ our friends from the west ’ . |
| 3 | The Disclosure Directive also allows competent authorities to exempt EC-listed companies from the requirement to notify the public if the disclosure would be contrary to the public interest or seriously detrimental to the company concerned ( provided that the public would not be misled ) ; this does not , however , exempt a person acquiring voting rights from having to disclose them to the company if a relevant threshold is reached . |
| 4 | Graham Taylor , having taken us to the brink of a shock World Cup exit after miserable displays against Poland and Norway , contemplates on the latest national disaster . |
| 5 | It was as if , having goaded her to the point of total capitulation , he 'd opted for a wary cooling-off period . |
| 6 | We dread having to take her to the vets for her nails to be cut . |
| 7 | Having edged him to the end of the branch , he utters a shattering ‘ bock ’ in his ear and the rival falls off . |
| 8 | ‘ He said you could grieve without having to prove it to the neighbours by wearing black . ’ |