Example sentences of "having [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merton 's early Edinburgh appearances read as a catalogue of disasters : one year he was set upon by a gang of burly Scottish lads when seeking to compete in the poster wars engulfing the festival , and another year he was rushed to hospital after only one show , having broken a leg in an intercomedian football friendly . |
| 2 | She was to be ritually speared for having broken a taboo . |
| 3 | v. Chilton , the Court of Appeal held that a threat by A , a trading association , to put B , one of its members , on a ‘ stop list ’ ( which would prevent B from getting goods from the members of the association ) unless B paid a sum of money for having broken a rule of the association was not a tort . |
| 4 | As a result , no hints of James having broken a contractual obligation found its way into the Declaration of Rights , which simply concluded that James had " abdicated the Government " and that the throne was " thereby vacant " . |
| 5 | It is implausible that , having received a fat return yesterday , investors will meekly shovel tomorrow 's cash into an unpromising project . |
| 6 | I write with regard to your order for the above tape , as I am unable to trace having received a reply to my letter to you of 14 February last . |
| 7 | It is not to be wondered at if , when a request is made of one person , another is obliged by a trust : for if the following is written in a will ‘ I ask you , Titius , having received a hundred to manumit that slave ’ or ‘ to give something to Sempronius ’ , certainly it is not adequately expressed , but a trust must all the same be understood to be charged on the heir to pay the money to Titius : and so Titius himself will sue the heir , and will be compelled to give freedom to the slave or to Sempronius what he was asked to . |
| 8 | Individuals who receive such a distribution are treated as having received a payment of capital . |
| 9 | Although in 1977 we were not entirely destitute , having received a major donation , we were able to open the Centre only thanks to loans from the Guggenheim and the MOMA in New York and the Ludwig Forum in Aachen . |
| 10 | Having received a total of 4,360 transferred votes — more than the 3,480 first-preference votes he began with — Quinn now had in all 7,840 , 165 in excess of the quota . |
| 11 | At the outbreak of World War I Kingsmill enlisted in a regiment of cyclists and in 1916 , having received a commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , was sent to France where he was soon captured . |
| 12 | Having received a camera as a twenty-fifth birthday gift , Hoppé taught himself photography and in 1907 won £100 in a photographic competition . |
| 13 | I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again . |
| 14 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 15 | Earlier this year , the Secretary of State met the representatives of all the major brewery companies , having received a deputation from the National Licensed Victuallers Association . |
| 16 | Clydal was almost brought to a standstill approaching the home-turn , having received a might bump at the initial bend , but remained undeterred in his victory bid . |
| 17 | I ca n't seem to find a copy of any report which was produced as a result of this survey , and I have no recollection of ever having received a copy , but presumably it would contain enough data for your new placement student to re-input . |
| 18 | ( 9 ) When this party has selected the prospective parliamentary candidate , section ( 3 ) of this clause shall be applicable only when section ( 8 ) applies or , having received a written request from the General Committee of this party for permission to reconsider the selection of the prospective parliamentary candidate , the National Executive Committee has decided that in its opinion there are changed circumstances relating to the prospective parliamentary candidate since his or her selection , and has given authority to this party to convene a special meeting of the General Committee in accordance with regulations sanctioned by the National Executive Committee to consider a resolution that the prospective candidate selected previously shall not be the candidate at the next general election . |
| 19 | Some time after , not having received a reply , they had sent the eunuch to fetch her . |
| 20 | Men found her formidable and she advanced into her twenties , long past the usual marrying age , without Nuri having received a suitable offer . |
| 21 | The shareholders are treated as having received a distribution of £100 on which tax of £20 has been paid and , assuming they will be liable for income tax at the higher rate , will have a further £20 of income tax to pay ( see s14 TA 1988 and sections 77 to 79 of the 1993 Finance Act ) . |
| 22 | On the other hand , if you have had a number of unsuccessful taxations it may be that your draftsman is being too optimistic , especially if payment is on the basis of a percentage of the costs as drawn — If you want to test out your costs draftsman , having received a bill back , send the file off to someone else and see how they draw it . |
| 23 | The settlor is treated as having received a sum of £100 less an amount equal to 35 per cent . |
| 24 | However , an individual selling shareholder is treated ( subject as mentioned below ) as having received a capital element and , to the extent that the company is deemed to have made a distribution , an income element when he is paid the purchase price . |
| 25 | He arrived a week later , having developed a profound respect for the eloquent Joseph and his kinsmen . |
| 26 | Competitive Bowling : Having developed a taste for bowling you may wish to consider bowling in a league . |
| 27 | Having developed a process on this flexible pilot rig , a contractor could decide which process steps are required on a particular site , and whether a custom-built on-site unit , a mobile unit , or a central facility will best solve the problem . |
| 28 | He grew it , merged it with an American company , then a few years later , having developed a multimillion pound empire , cast around for a new challenge . |
| 29 | ‘ They did not … see themselves as black or show any real sign of having developed a sense of racial identity ’ ( Gill and Jackson , 1983 , p. 139 ) . |
| 30 | The British pride themselves on having developed a system of government that has been a model for the rest of the world . |