Example sentences of "[conj] having [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is much better to step in and help people firmly rather than having to punish them at a later stage . |
| 2 | It is much better to attempt to prevent fears arising , rather than having to rectify them at a later stage . |
| 3 | This helped us to maintain the dividend at 9p per share , rather than having to reduce it . |
| 4 | To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group . |
| 5 | But it was apparent that having gone he did not entirely like it . |
| 6 | I had never done anything like that in my life , but I found that having to do it was in the end very exciting because you have to rely on the Lord and he supplies help in unforgettable ways . |
| 7 | ‘ I think he 's angry that having given me the freedom to think for myself , I 've not followed him all down the line . ’ |
| 8 | We are now being told by this arrogant and incompetent lot that having given us record unemployment , bankruptcies , house repossession , liquidations , factory closures etc , that they are the only ones fit to govern when surely that record should make them hang their heads in shame . |
| 9 | He is not convinced that having read them aspiring managers can go away and teach themselves to be good leaders . |
| 10 | The other possibility er is that having read it the site visit that I will have made , in any event , either already or or at some time during the latter part of next week , I may discover there is something which one of the parties points out which I have n't looked at because I did n't realize that it was relevant . |
| 11 | ‘ Sport was the love of my life and having to give it up has left a void , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 12 | Ruby had told of buying a pair of corsets and having to carry them along Church Street unwrapped . |
| 13 | With 115 Squadron at Marham , after doing the conversion course , I was part of the crew that took WF562 down to Odiham for the Coronation Review of the RAF , but what was not mentioned was the cleaning of the aircraft using tins of ‘ Duraglit ’ by air and ground crew before we went , only to fly through a rain storm on the way down and having to do it all over again , when we arrived . |
| 14 | sitting there doing paper work and the ki erm the kids use it as a a an office and what have you , there with their paper work , Sarah does her homework there and we have our meals in there so erm sort of it does n't really matter but er you know it saves them all coming out for a meal , and having to do it cos trouble is it 's too small to keep an eye on people to see if they want anything , everything 's alright and what have you |
| 15 | And having pilloried them in the past it is only fair to hear their point of view . |
| 16 | The instructor then left the Cheetah , having briefed his student about an impending change of circuit direction and having authorised him to practise solo circuits for an hour . |
| 17 | And having destroyed him , it was this other side of the ambivalence that came back to haunt them as a sense of guilt and deferred obedience , and out of guilt , they instituted the incest , the incest prohibition . |
| 18 | And having accepted it , let us admit that the book that gives this experience to the individual young reader who needs it or will benefit from it , may not be what we ( outside the experience ) might recognize as a ‘ classic ’ . |
| 19 | He had begun to feel that Carrie was really growing to love him , and having borne him his first child the future had seemed so promising , but now today he had been reminded that everything he had hoped and prayed for could so easily crumble into dust . |
| 20 | On top of that is a utility that lets you play Amiga MOD files ( these are four-track digital sound samples that Amiga users are quite proud of , seemingly , and having heard them , you 'll see why ) . |
| 21 | Marie told him about Mr Bishop being drunk and getting himself drowned ; about Gazzer finding Madge wandering along the prom and having to take her to Mr Bishop 's brother because she was n't responsible for herself . |
| 22 | For some , having experienced the realities of such a love and having lost it , there is total annihilation of the self and a feeling of total abandonment . |
| 23 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 24 | it was nothing for you to have the er sole of your sh shoe flapping off and having to wear 'em till the p there was a little man that used to mend the shoes in Hirael there and you 'd go to him and he 'd put a couple of nails , never charge you for it you know . |
| 25 | And having met him , he at once began studying him and suffering with him : observing him ab extra and sharing the inside of his head ; hence his sense that he is both witnessing and experiencing the ‘ strange smile ’ which accompanies Raskolnikov 's surprise at his own dread of meeting his landlady . |
| 26 | But even the most hardened , seasoned observers , aligned with no particular planning faction and having seen it all before as civil servants , could demonstrate sober conviction as to the power , promise and reasonableness of planning as a State activity . |
| 27 | Naturally the film only showed the sequence once , and having seen it , Wil got up and walked out of the cinema . |
| 28 | And having done it , and having experienced aspects of being a solo artist , I know that in many ways it 's a lot easier being a solo artist ! |
| 29 | I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years . |
| 30 | It is said to end the days of peeling soggy wallpaper off the wall and having to trim it with scissors or a knife . |