Example sentences of "having [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly one reason for the author 's attitude was his ignorance of the geography of the country ; a striking instance of this is his statement that in 1461 the earl of March , whom he had rightly described as being in Wales , arrived in England having enjoyed a prosperous voyage and favoured by the west wind ( 14 , p.532 ) . |
| 2 | The psychological structure for the talker requires , broadly speaking , two kinds of pretence : ( 1 ) an emotional one of having made a momentous decision and ( 2 ) a fictitious factual background . |
| 3 | Theoretically , it is conceivable that , say , experiencing regret ( the verb ) at having made a wrong decision and depicting regret ( the adjective ) are a different genre . |
| 4 | By 4 am Gary Humphreys was dead , having suffered a broken jaw and choked to death on his own blood . |
| 5 | Now that 's partly due to having got a good result and performance , but more so because of the feeling of togetherness we now have in the squad . |
| 6 | All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went . |