Example sentences of "having [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what can he do — having got us into this mess — for the good of OUR people ? |
| 2 | I went to my G P , having avoided her for fifteen years , having getting the old story every time you went well you must go on a diet ! |
| 3 | In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service . |
| 4 | Having known him for many months in Vancouver , and relishing his word-pictures of Yukon characters like ‘ dangerous Dan McGrew ’ and ‘ the lady known as Lou ’ , I tried to see in Service 's eyes the modern Yukon nearly half a century after the gold rush . |
| 5 | Having known him in this country and having travelled around Israel with him , I know that he is tough and resilient . |
| 6 | An especially clear example is in the fabliau Boivin de Provins , in which the hero , Boivin , having deluded a household of whores into providing him with a meal and a girl for free , and having set them at each other 's throats , goes off to tell the provost of the town the tale , who in turn spreads the tale around , producing much mirth and laughter . |
| 7 | Sometimes genuine letters are offered without the vital signature , some rabid autograph hunter having removed it at some period . |
| 8 | Having ignored her for forty minutes whilst they failed to answer questions about Amy to which she might know the answer , Theodora might perhaps have been forgiven for telling them nothing . |