Example sentences of "having [verb] from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manuscript had just been discovered in the uncatalogued recesses of the British Museum ; it was exciting work , said the doctor , but difficult : the manuscript was badly damaged and as he had not the money to go to London he was having to work from a smudged xerox copy . |
| 2 | And of course there was no question of her having escaped from a mental hospital or of ever having been in one . |
| 3 | Unix System Labs and The Santa Cruz Operation were patting each other on the back last week , their leaders having emerged from a late night session in the midst of SCO Forum with what they called a ‘ workable plan to come together . ’ |
| 4 | We must also ensure that the escalation of costs does not lead to elderly people having to move from a single-bedded room to shared accommodation , which would be a lowering of standards in their residential home — and it is their home . |
| 5 | I feel very happy about my form and technique , very content , ’ he adds , having learnt from a poor tour of Australia the winter before last to adapt his technique and not commit himself too soon to a stroke . |