Example sentences of "[adv] having taken " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you are tired out and upset with yourself for not having taken that extra piece of lift some miles back , there can be a tendency to become apathetic and not even try to prevent an accident . |
| 2 | Similar properties tend to have got a little stale , some not having taken account of weaker demand with their original asking prices . |
| 3 | Not having taken any spare flies , Mother determined that the only thing to be done , was to get the cast down , somehow . |
| 4 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 5 | TASS argued that they had nothing to withdraw , not having taken the original decision to strike . |
| 6 | Exceptionally , students are permitted to enter a new field and enter Stage II despite not having taken ( or passed ) one or two compulsory basic modules — such ‘ trailed ’ modules must be passed in Stage II . |
| 7 | The failure was less hers than his own for not having taken better care . |
| 8 | Migrants gave three main reasons for not having taken the course at the institutions involved in our research . |
| 9 | She broke off having taken in Maggie 's expression and general demeanour . |
| 10 | The same definition applies to a beamer , the law previously having taken as its height gauge the batsman 's shoulder as he crouched in his stance . |
| 11 | Never having taken much interest in the garden at Four Winds , other than it being a place in which to read or play solitary games , she at first decided that it was probably best to let him have his way ; but his silences began to unnerve her , as much as his occasional seemingly innocent remarks about his previous employers . |