Example sentences of "having [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mortally wounded killer was alternatively pleading and threatening now , his insanity having paradoxically deserted him , in circumstances which would have driven others to the brink of madness . |
| 2 | Pakistan , Iran , India and the Gulf states having mostly refused military bases to the superpowers could in his view credibly affirm their opposition to the permanent presence of Soviet troops in Afghanistan and endorse the objective of returning Afghanistan to a non-aligned status . |
| 3 | The brake problems had been caused by the front wheel bearings having mostly ceased to exist , sending the whole brake assembly in and out of alignment . |
| 4 | Having rarely seen a doctor before , he needed one three times in a week . |
| 5 | Once again , the Saturday 's play was washed out , but on Monday morning five wickets were down for 100 and , with Lloyd having badly pulled a hamstring while fielding , the follow-on definitely loomed . |
| 6 | Having badly underestimated his victim 's popularity , he had fled with his family to Makassar and boarded a large inter-island ship for Java . |
| 7 | Having secretly decided during his childhood to be a doctor , he had to give the idea up due to his deafness and decided to take up a farming career , enrolling at the Elsenberg Agricultural College , 30 miles from Cape Town . |
| 8 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation ; the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 9 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation : the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 10 | The Chancellor yesterday very kindly did not put V A T on books and periodicals but had he done so that would have the effect of taking more than one hundred thousand pounds out of our accounts in the current year without us being able to do anything about it and it does seem to me that we should be considering asking the members in general meeting to pass to the Council of the Association the right to set and increase subscriptions and having properly advised the members thereof to fix the effective date of such increases , otherwise we are very badly placed to respond to short-term problems . |
| 11 | The celebration of Artai 's Khanate having properly commenced , the common people were anxious to come close to the path of their newly enthroned lord through their city . |
| 12 | The critical success factor for matching opportunities and core competences is one of having widely shared information within the firm . |
| 13 | The Namoi having widely overflowed its banks , rolled along with impetuous fury , sweeping away the huts of the stock-keepers in its course , tearing up trees , and hurrying affrighted men and flocks to destruction . |
| 14 | Having avidly watched the US Open and then The Open on BBC , I was again disappointed to see what little imagination went into the BBC production when compared to the rival production from America . |
| 15 | Their stories were n't ones of passive pain , but tales of active resistance — having somewhere to run to , they 'd got a grip of their own lives . |
| 16 | As a single woman living with her uncle , the negligent landlord Mr Brooke , Dorothea has good reason to concern herself with cottages , although she intends them for the estate of the obliging Sir James , having presumably abandoned her uncle as a hopeless case . |
| 17 | In such cases , some adjustment should be made for the individual wishing to complete a set , rather than having wholly to duplicate it . |
| 18 | Their last , eponymously-titled record pointed the way , but having since roped in REM 's Peter Buck to handle production chores , this Minneapolis five-piece are a far more consistent proposition — albeit one still inclined to take five and freak out . |
| 19 | Their last , eponymously-titled record pointed the way , but having since roped in REM 's Peter Buck to handle production chores , this Minneapolis five-piece are a far more consistent proposition — albeit one still inclined to take five and freak out . |
| 20 | With so many of the competitors and spectators at Ferndown who purchased these designs having since had enquiry after enquiry as to where they came from , herewith the address : David Boccara , 87 Avenue Niel , 75017 , Paris . |
| 21 | Mr. Howell submitted that Parliament having expressly dealt with the case of an admissions policy designed to preserve the character of the school in subsections ( 3 ) ( b ) and ( 6 ) , it was not open to the school ( even though over-subscribed ) to apply such a policy under section 6(3) ( a ) in selecting the applicants who were to be rejected . |
| 22 | Having slowly grown |
| 23 | Language exams and medical tests duly proved no obstacle and in September 1929 Madge ( as her family called her ) sailed from Birkenhead and arrived in Rangoon on 1st October , having politely declined a proposal of marriage on the way out . |
| 24 | But having politely listened to Mrs Thatcher 's remarks and having promised to pay due attention to Whitehall 's alternative strategy , the summit made it clear that their strategy for monetary union would broadly follow the blueprint laid down . |
| 25 | She was much better in herself and the sinus problem having effectively gone by Puls LM3 she was left with hot flushes and no further improvement . |
| 26 | In August-September 1982 it proved unable to clinch a peace treaty with its Maronite ally , having effectively installed it as the new Lebanese government . |
| 27 | Opposition sources were cited as saying that the Vice-President , Ali Salem al-Bid , was in seclusion , having effectively resigned . |
| 28 | Having effectively established the background of decadence , savagery and corruption that was Rome in 300 AD , the play shifts gears after the interval for the arrival of a travelling theatre company which is to present an entertainment for the newly installed Emperor . |
| 29 | Having successfully diverted Candy , she mentally breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 30 | Firstly , the proportion of teachers who , having successfully completed the first year , stay on into the second in order to obtain the Certificate in Education ( FE ) is proving to be extremely high : for example , of the 1,128 candidates for the first year courses being offered in 1979–80 , no fewer than 1,024 moved into their second year in 1980–1 . |