Example sentences of "[prep] having [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 2 | To Johann Joachim Winckelmann ( 1717–18 ) , son of a Saxon cobbler , who rose to be a friend of cardinals and custodian of their books and antiquities , belongs the honour of having been the first and , in some ways , the most influential of these " thorough-going Romantics " . |
| 3 | As a career move , it was a disaster : for the past 300 years , he has been remembered almost solely for having been the butt of some of Dryden 's most swingeing satirical couplets . |
| 4 | But the only things worth having are the things you 've worked hard for , and I 'll last out , I daresay , so do n't you worry , girl ! |
| 5 | And the only kind of respect worth having is the insincere kind . ’ |
| 6 | What makes this disc worth having is the setting for chorus and orchestra of Schiller 's Nanie , composed in memory of a friend . |
| 7 | I mean , I expect she knew how you felt about the only things worth having being the things you 'd worked hard for and earned for yourself , so you would n't want her to leave you the house ] But she did n't want you to think she 'd forgotten you , or that she was just being spiteful , or something … ’ |
| 8 | Harry had driven his friend over and was in boisterous good spirits at having been the first person to be allowed to take George away from the house . |