Example sentences of "having [verb] a [adj] [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In early 1981 , Reagan and his aides spoke confidently of his having received an impressive mandate at the recent elections , and many in Congress and the media seemed to find the argument convincing . |
| 2 | Brough Park 's leading performer of late , Burnhope Jimmy , will be strongly fancied to win the Long March Stayers Stakes , over 670 metres , having won a similar event at Middlesbrough earlier in the month . |
| 3 | She came to Queen 's Park about 11 years ago , having had a long association at Findlay Memorial Tabernacle . |
| 4 | Such a consideration raises the prospect of having to run a surplus budget at the same time as cutting taxes . |
| 5 | The client still operates from the same premises , having negotiated a new lease at the expiry of the old one . |
| 6 | Nor do the majority of umpires when having found a satisfactory distance at which to stand . |
| 7 | Confining himself to Scotland 's priorities , the national coach expressed relief at having gained an initial win at Malta 's expense and admiration for the manner of that achievement . |
| 8 | Having assisted an old woman at a zebra crossing , I was granted three wishes . |
| 9 | 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 . |