Example sentences of "having just [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the Spanish Air Force having just retired the remainder of their Caribou fleet , the number of these workhorses are available for the civilian or governmental market is increasing . |
| 2 | The commodore , having just tacked in from Pin Mill , says that while he recognises the accomplishment of an ancient mariner there in teaching a grey parrot to recite the complete works of Shakespeare in Urdu , and could see that this might help international relations in some way , he is far from certain this was the sort of thing Mr Major had in mind . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not surprised ! ’ the other girl agreed sympathetically , having just heard from Laura the full story of her traumatic outing , which had culminated in her being arrested and ending up in the New York police station . |
| 4 | ‘ I am sorry to hear this ’ ( 346 ) , Iago says , having just exulted to us , en clair , that will ever restore to him his peace and quiet ( 328ff . ) . |
| 5 | Yeah I I usually find myself having just deposited Spike at the station at about a quarter past nine and then I 'm in town and er able to do things in town . |
| 6 | Having just lost out to Alan Alda in 1966 for the forthcoming Broadway comedy The Apple Tree , directed by Mike Nichols , but nonetheless now confirmed as a top off-Broadway character actor , Dustin landed the lead in Livings ' Eh ? , which had had a great success at the Aldwych Theatre , London , in Peter Hall 's Royal Shakespeare Company production exactly two years previously . |
| 7 | Further material presents itself in 1816 concerning George Benson " a tenant of the copper works at Coniston " having just made a start and promising to pay one-twelfth to her Ladyship . |
| 8 | The pregnant woman , having just made a face at the taste of the spicy chicken wings , just as Belinda had done , was about to take a sip of Greg 's very strong gin and tonic . |
| 9 | The profanity of his behaviour is captured in an incident when Casey — having just made love again to Annie — invites her to witness ‘ the power and majesty of the Church and the sacrifices it demands of us priests ’ . |
| 10 | He concentrated upon the doctor 's neat , white shirt , his thin , anxious neck and his general air of having just surfaced from some particularly nasty branch of the Inland Revenue . |
| 11 | Scott said that , having just completed writing his Remarks on Secular and Domestic Architecture , Present and Future , the ‘ great competition , then , found me in rather a prepared state of mind ’ . |
| 12 | Having just completed long negotiations with the various provider units in the area , the authority is now keen to ensure contracts are honoured and it gets the best value healthcare available . |
| 13 | But when her brother died in 1707 , having just completed his second volume of Anthropologia Nova : or A New System of Anatomy , Judith published it , edited the text , and was responsible for the dedication that prefaced it . |
| 14 | Oh , the dear love , thought Leith , having just realised that , heartsick for a sight of Rosemary , he must have been hoping that Rosemary was back and that she might , if asked , come over for a cup of coffee . |
| 15 | The error was then compounded when , having just missed the green with his fourth shot , his chip ‘ took off ’ and he three-putted . |
| 16 | The Bookish Portfolio , having just missed buying News Corporation at its low of under A$4.00 early in 1991 , achieved an unenviable record in terms of consistency by failing to participate in the 232% advance of that share during the period under review . |
| 17 | I am sorry my reply is so brief , but having just cut my thumb I am unable to continue writing . |
| 18 | In performance terms , having just given it some serious bottom end , it did n't cope at all well ; the speaker was flapping . |
| 19 | She mentions that once , having just given birth to a child , she was ordered by Christ to get up and go to Norwich , though her journey appeared to be without purpose . |
| 20 | Having just given a lot of money back . |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't use the term psychotic , ’ he demurs , having just compared his Indian lead Magua to Hannibal Lecter . |
| 22 | Having just seen Topper at the Princess the week before , I had all I needed to complete my erotic evaporation fantasies . |
| 23 | But I remember I was on the way into Howard 's bungalow , and Bogie was coming out , having just seen my screen test , and he said , ‘ We 're going to have a lot of fun together . ’ |
| 24 | Having just mopped up the minority in Siemens-Nixdorf , would Siemens be ready to admit a new investor into the company ? |
| 25 | Tribe caught them up as they were attacking a pair of two-seaters which were climbing away from the British Line , if there still was one , having just bombed an artillery position . |
| 26 | With Rank Xerox having just announced that it is to set up its European research centre in the region in the autumn and the Euronews satellite channel destined for the area , Rhone-Alpes is maintaining its momentum . |
| 27 | Similarly if his host says ‘ Come early ’ , having just invited him for eight o'clock , he will interpret ‘ early ’ with respect to the last-mentioned time , rather than to some previously mentioned time . |
| 28 | They appeared to have their arms around each other , either having just embraced or being just about to embrace . |
| 29 | Rumour has it that The High had all been living separate musical lives — Andy in particular having just split with the Stone Roses — when they met in Manchester 's Hacienda club , and decided to put a new band together … |
| 30 | HAVING just struggled through a copy of the Maastricht Treaty I can only scratch my head that anyone would wish to sign it . |