Example sentences of "having only [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all that history of service and success behind him , Austin remains as sharp and on the ball as ever , having only stopped swimming himself some three years ago . |
| 2 | In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year . |
| 3 | Faced with such demand and having only limited powers and minimal resources the service was quickly forced on the defensive , making invidious distinctions between those who were amenable to ( deserving of ) help and those who were not . |
| 4 | Valerie Stevens had been in the house to get more coffee and as she stepped through the patio doors she stood for a moment staring at Rachel in horror , having only heard the last part of the conversation . |
| 5 | He played violin , so my interests were much the same as his , having only played classical music all my life . |
| 6 | Obviously having only played a couple of gigs , including Radio City ( New York and appearing on The Grammy Awards , their inexperience showed . |
| 7 | Having only done a few short walks before in true Water & Ventilation style he decided to ‘ test the water ’ first by walking the Ridgeway in Wiltshire , 85 miles and five days later he completed it . |
| 8 | Pontypridd , whose lone cup final appearance in 1978–79 ended in an 18–12 defeat against Bridgend , were very much on their guard for the unexpected , having only scraped through 12–10 against renowned giantkillers Tondu in the previous round . |
| 9 | He said he would like a plant or two of Gale with spleenwort leaves ( i.e. Comptonia peregriaa var. aspleniifolia ) and dried specimens of the male and female plants , having only seen the former . |
| 10 | That morning they went to a travel agent in the Unter den Linden to buy tickets , having only booked a single journey from London . |
| 11 | Willie had tried vainly to lift the kettle from off the range and , having only succeeded in burning his hand , he waited anxiously for Mister Tom 's return . |
| 12 | The moment of truth comes on Tuesday when they meet unstoppable Portadown in a quarter-final at Shamrock Park , Glentoran having only qualified on goal difference . |
| 13 | Like visiting the Sistine Chapel after having only read the Thames & Hudson Michelangelo in braille . |
| 14 | Initiatives such as Sematech helped US industry to catch up , but Grove sees this as having only held the advance of Japanese manufacturers . |
| 15 | Fiona Hayes-Drummond of The Times , languidly beautiful , confessed to having only dipped into them . |
| 16 | Deemed delicious , he ate the lot and then had a cheese omelette and pronounced himself satisfied , having only had a nasty old British rail sandwich en route . |