Example sentences of "having [vb pp] up [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having propped up the Ottoman empire for the latter part of the nineteenth century , Britain and France now set about dismantling it . |
| 2 | Below the sober exterior , though , one suspects that there 's a bit of an animal lurking — and switching in the graphic equaliser and voice filter ( after having connected up the sub-woofer extension cabinet ) opens the cage door fairly wide . |
| 3 | The game was effectively over by the interval , with Celtic having built up a four-goal lead through Graham Nichols ( 2 ) , Kevin Messenger and Tom Shepherd . |
| 4 | For Newcastle , having built up a two-goal lead could have been caught by the Bees ' stirring comeback . |
| 5 | It has only a small interest in furniture at present , having built up an enthusiastic stock market following with an unbroken record of sales and profit growth in bathroom and kitchen equipment since its was founded in 1979 . |
| 6 | The paper praised Biograph for ‘ having opened up a new vein for motion picture subjects ’ , argued that ‘ no orator , no editorial writer , no essayist could so strongly and effectively present the thoughts that are conveyed in this picture ’ , and concluded that it was ‘ another demonstration of the force and power of motion pictures as a means of conveying ideas ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ And now , ’ he said , having mopped up the last crumb , ‘ now , what is it I can do for you ? |
| 8 | Having set up a certain attitude and a certain power , you must check , by scanning your flight instruments , that the desired performance is being achieved , and also that it is being maintained . |
| 9 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |