Example sentences of "having had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My introduction to the matter came early one morning at about 6 a.m. when — having had a late night — I was awakened by a telephone call from Wigg . |
| 2 | No rectal stool mass was felt in 36% of children , 13% being already started on laxatives and others having had a recent bowel movement . |
| 3 | Rather than creative individuals being taken as the starting-point , the individuals targeted initially were people who had been diagnosed as having had a mental illness , either a severe ( manic-depressive ) form of affective disorder or the milder , but aetiologically related , mood swings of ‘ cyclothymia ’ . |
| 4 | The Prince , of course , had to go and say hello , and disappeared once again , emerging ten minutes later having had a long discussion with the chief brass player . |
| 5 | She came to Queen 's Park about 11 years ago , having had a long association at Findlay Memorial Tabernacle . |
| 6 | Having had a small suitcase packed weeks ago , she alerted the maternity wing of the clinic in which she was booked , asked the receptionist downstairs to get her a taxi and took herself off there as if the early arrival of babies was an everyday occurrence in her life . |
| 7 | He also pointed out in the report that the excavation produced a disproportionate number of cosmetic articles , although the significance of this evidence is not clear ; the case for the site having had a religious function is strengthened by a consideration of the other buildings . |
| 8 | With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day . |
| 9 | The brick and stone-built cone is sixty feet high , and was saved from demolition in 1962 by excavations which showed its importance as an industrial monument , this area of Yorkshire once having had a thriving glass industry . |
| 10 | Medical Services are steaming ahead having had a great year . |
| 11 | In recovering from our torture we take solace from the knowledge that we share with H G Wells , Oscar Wilde , William Butler Yeats , W Somerset Maugham , James Joyce , and many other writers the experience of having had a rotten rejection . |
| 12 | Of course , there have been historical fluctuations in revolutionary activity , as well as considerable variations between societies — with revolutionary parties having had a greater influence in France and Italy than in the rest of Western and Northern Europe or in North America — but the predominant style of working-class politics everywhere has been reformist , directed toward a gradual attrition of the unregulated market economy . |
| 13 | That will no doubt be done by the press , clearly bored at not having had a good scandal to get its teeth into for all of two months . |
| 14 | Boasting a record of never having had a serious incident or accident in its history , Aurigny is careful about the selection of its pilots , most of whom are mature and experienced aircrew with backgrounds in airline and/or military flying . |
| 15 | All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went . |
| 16 | The probe problem is having had a big initial launch the reality is that we 're now going to drip feed the P R throughout the year and there are several good stories coming up which I 'm not gon na tell you er that we hope the , the national and local press will pick up on . |
| 17 | Le Corbusier , with Gropius and Lubetkin , have been described as having had a poetic vision of a future society , organised along egalitarian and emancipatory lines , supported by modern technology . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you realise , Frances … ’ he said slowly , ‘ I did that performance tonight without having had a single drink all day … ? |
| 19 | He had read some of the more discreet passages for the evening audience , having had a last-minute change of plan . |
| 20 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
| 21 | Ryan was just putting the final touches of white emulsion to Tosh 's paws when his father came back , having had a quick break from painting the two-year-old 's room . |
| 22 | Lord Palmerston was a notorious rake , having had a long-standing affair with Lady Cowper , whom he finally married in the late 1830s . |
| 23 | ‘ He is still vertical , ’ Roxburgh observed after having had a significant portion of his squad put on horizontal hold . |