Example sentences of "and having [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul tells the Ephesians that having heard the word of truth and having believed the good news of salvation , they are ‘ in Christ ’ and have been sealed with the Holy Spirit who was promised long ago ( 1:13 , cf. 2 Cor. 2:21 ) . |
| 2 | And having prepared the Tory Party to lose under Mr Major , will his victory now assume the misleading proportions of a sensational personal triumph ? |
| 3 | And having smoked the odd joint I do n't really feel |
| 4 | Sheridan , universally unpopular and having made a boorish fool of himself yet again , looked predictably furious . |
| 5 | It is quite possible , he wrote , that it will lead nowhere , even when one has begun at the right time in the right spirit , or at least not at the wrong time , in the wrong spirit , with the wrong plans and having made the wrong preparations , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception . |
| 6 | He remembers competing at the national championships at Cleethorpes in 1923 , when the water lay only three foot deep above a foot of solid mud , and having to touch a mud-smeared wall at each end . |
| 7 | In the meantime , someone had found that there was some sort of balm that we could rub on his bum before the event , but an echo that I will tell you and I will never ever forget , I can honestly say that having witnessed that ordeal and experienced the aftermath , and having seen the vicious weals on Buster 's backside , I have never ever stolen a thing of any value since . |
| 8 | I was on holiday when the four-hour , much-acclaimed version of La Belle Noiseuse was released , and having seen the two-hour version , La Belle Noiseuse : Divertimento ( 15 ) , I 'm rather grateful . |
| 9 | Having talked to James Jonah following his visit and having seen the national reconciliation plan , I am prepared to consider what is necessary . |
| 10 | Being one of the most experienced pilots in Bomber Command and having done an instructional tour , meant nothing . |
| 11 | That afternoon ( it was all on a Sunday ) he saw Chamberlain , and having directly asked him whether he agreed with the others and having received an affirmative answer , told him to call a meeting of the Shadow Cabinet for the following day at which he would say goodbye . |
| 12 | Having considered the intrinsic nature of the problem presented in this appeal , and having consulted the relevant authorities , my conclusion … is that an action lies in negligence for damages in respect of purely economic loss , provided that it was a reasonably foreseeable and direct consequence of failure in a duty of care . |
| 13 | Rather than wake him by pulling the clothes off him and having to face the likely consequences , Mrs Stych put her housecoat over her nightgown , got a spare blanket out of her old hope chest , and eased herself down beside the chrysalis which was her husband . |
| 14 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
| 15 | Having failed in its objective , and having incurred the apparent disapproval of Kenyatta in the process , GEMA tried to persuade Kibaki ( the technocratic Minister of Finance ) to stand as vice-president against Moi in the abortive party elections of 1977 . |
| 16 | The therapist pointed out that the changes that had taken place in her life were the result of her having discussed her problems with her family and having taken the necessary steps to solve them . |
| 17 | ‘ But for SeaCat the Northern Ireland public would still be travelling in mundane vessels and having to pay a hefty price for the privilege . ’ |