Example sentences of "having put " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Talmud Torah ( ‘ Study of Torah ’ ) , the official name for Hebrew school , was very close to the family 's heart , his forebears having put much energy into its foundation and extension . |
| 2 | Having put England in , West Indies then bowled poorly and after 30 overs England were happily placed at 131 for 2 . |
| 3 | He had been summoned to appear before an Officer Selection Board , having put his name forward shortly after joining the Regiment . |
| 4 | He was longing to ask Emily more about Vic , but having put her on the spot , he felt that this was not the right moment . |
| 5 | Having disciplined , explored and contained my own metaphysical anguish , having put down my own last worthy appetites , having separated myself by conscious decision from the filth and decadence of modern society , it is inevitable that my own hard-won sense of propriety or dignity should tempt me into being the scourge of other , more self-indulgent beings , fictional or not . |
| 6 | Gareth seemed liberated by having put his feelings into words and he and Coconut jumped up and ran around , throwing mock punches at each other , swinging on tree branches , getting rid of bashfulness with shouts and action and shows of strength . |
| 7 | Trent had no doubt that Miguelito would kill him and enjoy doing so — revenge for whatever had happened to him in a US jail and for the gringo widow-woman having put him there . |
| 8 | Having put down the bottle , but still entranced by the ( to my nose at any rate ) sweet , dulcet tones of the essence , I decided to take another whiff to convince myself I had not really been dreaming . |
| 9 | I am told there are two sisters who dwell under one roof , and can not speak to one another , for the one is a Free Churcher and the other is a Baptist ; and that one gave to the other cause of great offence , having put cream in the tea of the other when such kind office was not desired . |
| 10 | Shannon , constantly mopping her feverish forehead , is , like the giant lizard tied up and thrashing under the floorboards , at the end of his rope , and the party of Texan school teachers he is leading on a ‘ tour of God 's world ’ are incensed about his having put them up in flea-bag hotels and fallen into bed with the teenage student they have brought along . |
| 11 | Isaac Walton , Donne 's biographer , relates the tale : ‘ Several charcoal fires being first madde in his large study , he brought with him into that place a winding sheet in his hand , and having put off all his clothes , had this sheet put on him , and so tied with knots at his head and feet , and his hands so placed as dead bodies are usually fitted , to be shrouded and put into their coffin , or grave … with his eyes shut and with so much of the sheet turned aside as might show his lean , pale and death-like face . ’ |
| 12 | Having put the cat among the pigeons , made mischief in his special way , he was lying low now and waiting . |
| 13 | Having put his signals to danger , and cleared back to Rose Hill Junction that the train was out of section , Jack prepared to book the train 's passage in the train register book . |
| 14 | Having put these levers in their basic positions , you are free to concentrate on the three ribber controls that you 'll be using all the time . |
| 15 | ‘ Aye , where else ? ’ she said as she , too , rose from the settle and returned to the couch , from where she watched him go to the box that was standing on the end of the sideboard , and from it take a piece of silver , then button his coat across his broad chest , take his cap from his pocket and , having put it on at an angle , salute her , saying , ‘ Your servant , madam . ’ |
| 16 | Anselm had no doubt where justice lay : ‘ No man having put his hand to the plough [ that is to say , in this case , having committed himself to a monastic life ] and looking back , is fit for the kingdom of Heaven . ’ |
| 17 | They settled on NASA , the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , which had the reputation of having put men on the moon and getting them back without accident . |
| 18 | When I replied that I had been fighting for the extra 200,000 I had managed to achieve , I was remonstrated with for having put the business at risk . |
| 19 | In any case although Acheson in his memoirs acknowledged the ‘ perceptive warning of an able colleague ’ and admitted that these fears were eventually borne out by events , at the time he decided nonetheless ‘ that having put our hand to the plough we would not look back ’ and added his own to what would be hundreds of similarly hopeful assessments . |
| 20 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 21 | So having put on these er temporary protective gloves . |
| 22 | He argued that I can not know that my diary is in the ( closed ) bottom drawer of my desk unless I have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable ; we can suppose , perhaps , that my relevant experience is that I remember having put the diary there five minutes ago and that I do not remember having touched the drawer since , together with my general knowledge of the consistent behaviour of the experienced world . |
| 23 | The track remains in position but rusty with disuse , the car having put the train almost completely out of business in the Pyrenees . |
| 24 | Having put themselves in an extraordinary environment , which nevertheless feels so homely and ordinary , the members occasionally come into contact with wider , more powerful and less homely influences . |
| 25 | Having put its money behind the project , Kodak felt that the photographers involved should be suitably rewarded . |
| 26 | If a decision about a document or as to some point of evidence is made the right course , having put the relevant argument , is to accept the ruling and then to consider an appeal should circumstances so demand . |
| 27 | He had left home a little before eight , having put a cup of tea on the bedside table next to Lyn , walked through the village and climbed the fell . |
| 28 | I would like to have been watching the expression on his face , having put the question to him so bluntly , but just at that moment I had to slam on my brakes for two gaudily painted trucks , one of them with La Resurrección elaborately painted in red . |
| 29 | ‘ So you do n't think there 's any chance of anybody having put a fake certificate into the files ? — years after the event ? ’ |
| 30 | Secondly having put up this message when I try to exit windows it tells me that 1-2-3 is still active but I can not find a way to deactivate it . |