Example sentences of "having [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having relied for a lifetime on hearing to give information from the environment , it is not easy to replace the instantaneous warning system . |
| 2 | Nevertheless his characters are heathens , strictly speaking , and Tolkien , having pondered for so long on the Beowulf -poet 's careful balances , was as aware of this fact as he was aware of the opposing images of open Christianity poised at many moments to take over his story . |
| 3 | Concerned about his influence , and afraid to beard the sultan himself , " the vezir Mahmud Pasa " consulted Fahreddin Acemi who , having heard for himself the Hurufi 's heretical words , denounced him in Mehmed II's presence . |
| 4 | Missed by Tendulkar in the gully when 12 , by stumps the Tasmanian had made 91 : he completed his 13th Test century early next morning having batted for 359 minutes , hitting 12 fours . |
| 5 | Mushtaq took the last two wickets to finish England off for 255 , the 10 having fallen for 132 in 45 overs . |
| 6 | It was 41 for 4 at tea , nine wickets having fallen for 69 in a session which none who experienced it will ever forget . |
| 7 | I was not so much gratified with the interior of the country as I had anticipated but the people tell me I have seen it in an unfavorable season , in consequence of no rain having fallen for 3 months . |
| 8 | The drought is becoming very serious , no rain having fallen for nine months , in fact nothing but ruin presents itself . |
| 9 | Having arranged for it to be put on the grave that afternoon , he returned to Weatherbury in the evening , with a basket of flowering plants . |
| 10 | Having arranged for you to be standing by when he surfaces today , you take him shopping . |
| 11 | But having lobbied for state backing in the policing of financial reports in the UK , the accountancy bodies can not argue the same should not apply in Europe . |
| 12 | Naturally she does n't want to get off before having looked for it properly . |
| 13 | Having looked for elements of structure , the next stage is to look for elements of process , that is , what is going on' . |
| 14 | But by the end of the Sixties , Lagerfeld was back , having freelanced for various companies in Italy , and started his long association with the Fendis doing , as he puts it , ‘ funny things ’ for them . |
| 15 | With special affection I remember the metro railway enthusiasts who , confronted by rigorous structuralist films or scenes of sexual and scatalogical excess , walked out of the cinema in baffled confusion during the first NFT International Underground Film Festival and indignantly demanded their money back after having booked for a whole season of what seemed like fascinating specialist delights : German Underground , American Underground , Italian Underground . |
| 16 | I am now shown correctly in Hansard as having voted for the Government in Division 15 . |
| 17 | And having voted for party candidates , the electors expected the members returned to Parliament to support the program offered by their leaders at the election . |
| 18 | It was seven minutes past nine the following morning and Lisa was standing in Alexander Vass 's office , having reported for duty fifteen minutes earlier . |
| 19 | Having collected for Wings Appeal at a number of sites ( railway stations , house-to-house , town centres , London ) over the years it is apparent that the collection rate per hour varies quite significantly from point to point . |
| 20 | The British Commander-in-Chief , having searched for stragglers and stricken seamen in lifeboats until 13.15 , ordered his ships to return to their harbours . |
| 21 | We actually at long last , now the Winter 's nearly over , are having made for them some big heavy red cloaks for those who are standing on duty in the courtyard . |
| 22 | A week later , having applied for jobs with three firms , Leith heard that two of the vacancies were filled , but she was lucky in the third in that she was called for interview . |
| 23 | Having decided for themselves that the problem lay in the lack of will and determination on the part of the Indo-Chinese to join whole-heartedly with the French in resisting communism , the US had to obtain assurances from the French that a programme of French government will be developed ; national armies will be organized ; France will despatch sufficient additional armed forces to Indo-China to insure that the restoration of peace and internal security will be accomplished in accordance with the timetable of the overall military plan for Indo-China ( which made it sound more like a military parade than a war and that the French will eliminate their policy of colonialism . |
| 24 | Their structure was by no means on a sound footing by the 1560 's however , and heeding what must have been glowing reports from England , and having seen for themselves good samples of the ore , they were probably quite eager to invest in the English adventure . |
| 25 | There are people in the class I do n't remember having seen for months . " |
| 26 | While in Donna di Porto Pim , the writer , having sailed for many days and nights , has understood that ‘ the West has no end but continues to move as we move , and that we can follow it as far as we like and never reach it ’ ( Tabucchi 1983 : 13 ; the notion is echoed in the title of Tabucchi 's later novel , Il filo dell'orizzonte ( The horizon 's edge , ( 1986 ) , the Indian journey proceeds , not always straightforwardly , towards an end of a sort . |
| 27 | Last summer we initiated the loan exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge of the finest private German collection of Romantic and Nazarene Drawings which we advised and helped build up over the years , having bought for the collection on commission here at the London auctions major drawings like Koch 's ‘ The Schmadribachfall ’ , and Overbeck 's important preparatory study for his fresco at the Villa Massimo in Rome . |
| 28 | Having talked for an hour about wild animals the teacher posed a question to one of her class . |
| 29 | Having talked for quite some time about his own maturation as a screenplay writer , Sixsmith said , ‘ Now . |
| 30 | Having appealed for prizes from local traders , 150 very attractive items ( all donated ) were displayed , and £289 was raised . |