Example sentences of "not having [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former , not having fallen in love , or with few of their emotions engaged , often continue to feel cheated . |
| 2 | She has been discovered by the feminists , who have rescued her from being seen as a minor pastoralist ; but in certain cases , they have also subject her to psycho-symbolic sexual analysis which she would have loathed , or blamed her for not having cared more for sexual politics or stood out for lesbian sexuality . |
| 3 | If Elisabeth condemned the municipality for not having commemorated a remarkable Danish woman , she blamed Holberg , Blicher , J.P . |
| 4 | Both Kirkman Finlay and Dixon were Whigs , the Tory nominees in the Burgh Councils not having obtained the burgh nomination , and there was the curious position of two candidates from the same party contesting the same Parliamentary seat . |
| 5 | She groaned with guilt at not having phoned him before . |
| 6 | The officials of the Institute have been heavily criticised by the administration of Sarajevo for not having stored the contents , which included numerous oriental manuscripts and material on microfilm , much of it unresearched . |
| 7 | Charles felt guilty for not having recognised the seriousness of the actor 's state . |
| 8 | Those were , Mr Charles recalls , strangely unnerving moments during which he too , despite not having participated in the preceding behaviour , felt engulfed with guilt . |
| 9 | She asked me to apologize to you , should I see you , for not having answered your last letter . |
| 10 | Freddie had managed to get into the hall by now , although even here his hostess had contrived to place her formidable bulk before the front door , her expression revealing , only too plainly , her disappointment at his early departure and her failure at not having conducted the evening more to her advantage . |
| 11 | She could hear Mrs Owen being castigated for not having turned right and left , instead of left and right , to Haematology , seeing as it was her first time . |
| 12 | Though I could n't understand you not having said anything , knowing who I was . |
| 13 | Although by rights she was not eligible , Mozart not having fulfilled his qualifying period of 10 years ' court service , the emperor was inclined to be generous . |
| 14 | He is severely microcephalic , his brain not having grown sufficiently following the injury . |
| 15 | The weather was still heavy and sultry , the promised storm still not having broken . |
| 16 | Smaller companies or companies not having made a previous acquisition will often ask us to act as intermediaries . |
| 17 | On July 12 Castro congratulated the deputies on " not having made the least concession in these difficult moments " ( referring to the growing economic crisis ) . |
| 18 | So he just kicked himself for not having made the obvious connection . ’ |
| 19 | He was a Southerner and a devout Catholic , like Moro himself , and I think he felt guilty for not having made more of the best chance anyone had so far had to rescue his hero . |
| 20 | Who could this be ? she wondered rather crossly , not having realised that there was to be another woman there . |
| 21 | Yet ten minutes later he felt he had treated her unkindly and regretted not having gone after her . |
| 22 | Erm , er , and he got a ticket , and he had to , you know , you have to take this ticket to the Police Station for not having worn his seat-belt . |
| 23 | At the time , I was on the tarmac , where Hunt , with the offending Regazzoni , whose fault it had all been , behind him , sat in his repaired race car , which he had abandoned around Druids — not having completed a lap . |
| 24 | It censured him , however , for not having intervened in time to prevent fraudulent dealings involving US$200 million by Georgios Koskotas , the bank 's then chairman . |
| 25 | Overwhelmed by not having noticed this earlier , by his failure of politeness , observation and helpfulness , all that had been taught him from boyhood up , Richard proceeded at the double onto the Embankment , to escort her on to Lord Jim . |
| 26 | She shrugged and looked away , over to where Hector was investigating a hole in the base of the stable wall , not having noticed the new arrival . |
| 27 | Still has that remarkable record of not having missed a single game since he signed for Leicester from Sheffield United . |
| 28 | If firm 2 reneges on punishment , then in the following period firm 1 must punish firm 2 for not having punished it in the previous period , and so on . |
| 29 | Some time after , not having received a reply , they had sent the eunuch to fetch her . |
| 30 | Off I went , thankful to stretch my legs again , but ravenously hungry , not having eaten since breakfast the day before . |