Example sentences of "having [verb] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having gorged for some time on the sweet taste of the ‘ knowledge ’ available from large British institutions , those trained in the ‘ Fine Arts ’ emit an acrid belch of superiority on the subject of their craft . |
| 2 | He was older than the rest of us at Breakspear , you see , having tried for some years to make a go of a religious vocation before abandoning it in favour of teaching . |
| 3 | John has a wealth of experience in the hotel business , having worked for some of the largest chains in the country including a stint at the Savoy in London . |
| 4 | ‘ She is an unmarried middle-aged lady who , after having worked for some while as a district nurse and in health care nursing , in 1968 began fostering children . |
| 5 | Plans were at an advanced stage when Hamnett , having vacillated for some time , phoned the BFC to say she had decided in favour of Paris after all . |
| 6 | The pace of slum clearance slackened in the early 1970s , local authority programmes having survived for some years through their own momentum . |