Example sentences of "having [verb] a [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 9 ) When this party has selected the prospective parliamentary candidate , section ( 3 ) of this clause shall be applicable only when section ( 8 ) applies or , having received a written request from the General Committee of this party for permission to reconsider the selection of the prospective parliamentary candidate , the National Executive Committee has decided that in its opinion there are changed circumstances relating to the prospective parliamentary candidate since his or her selection , and has given authority to this party to convene a special meeting of the General Committee in accordance with regulations sanctioned by the National Executive Committee to consider a resolution that the prospective candidate selected previously shall not be the candidate at the next general election . |
| 2 | As usual , they are lost and confused , having floated a long way from home . |
| 3 | Ryan was just putting the final touches of white emulsion to Tosh 's paws when his father came back , having had a quick break from painting the two-year-old 's room . |
| 4 | Patrese , having resisted a strong attack from Berger , was now in front with Schumacher third , a few seconds behind the McLaren but pulling slowly away from Brundle , who , despite suffering from increasing oversteer as the fuel load lightened , was comfortably ahead of Jean Alesi 's Ferrari . |
| 5 | As generally happens , his mother-in-law finally caught up with him and , having obtained a special licence from the Court , arranged for him to be imprisoned for twelve years . |
| 6 | Having achieved a necessary detachment from the tumultuous present , de Gaulle used a strategy of calculated flexibility to move towards his objective . |