Example sentences of "[v-ing] changed [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in the republics of Central Asia and in Azerbaijan did communist parties , having changed their names to ‘ socialist ’ or ‘ national-democratic ’ parties and having supported the independence and sovereignty of their republics , retain their positions . |
| 2 | It had been sold in December by McCloy to an American widow who , having changed her mind without ever living in the place , had returned it to the agent 's hands and departed to spend the summer in Sweden . |
| 3 | His mother sat ready , having changed her cap but not her dress . |
| 4 | There was further trouble with production , as just over two weeks later Miller hoped to send some better done , having changed his engraver . |
| 5 | At the age of twenty-three , having changed his surname to Thornton , he was leading in the west country a band of itinerant players , John Bernard [ q.v. ] amongst them , who described their life in Retrospections of the Stage ( 1830 ) . |
| 6 | In 1930 Rambush acquired British citizenship , having changed his name by deed poll from Rambusch to Rambush . |
| 7 | Yesterday , the Prime Minister had a go at my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition for having changed his position . |
| 8 | " It seems you went to see your friend Joseph Hyde first , " she said softly , very softly , " and then , having changed your clothes , you accompanied him to a public house called the Queen Victoria where you attended a secret meeting of the Irish Republican Brotherhood , of which apparently , you have been a member for some two years . " |
| 9 | It is perhaps ironic that , having changed my mind , I am now trying to convince other physicists that there was in fact no singularity at the beginning of the universe — as we shall see later , it can disappear once quantum effects are taken into account . |
| 10 | Erm , having changed my jacket to a blue jacket I 'll still nevertheless be me . |