Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gloried in the cunningness of it , the feeling of having outwitted the others , of knowing what they did not ; that he was out and away and they were back there where he 'd left them , ignorantly worrying where he was , searching ; wondering . |
| 2 | But his voice pushed at her urgently , as if , having broken the barriers in his own mind , he needed to sweep her quickly towards a resolution . |
| 3 | Firstly , having broken the rules of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland by attending Catholic mass , he found himself suspended and denied the sacraments . |
| 4 | The American will appear before members of the disciplinary committee at Portman Square , having broken the rules twice in a day at Goodwood last Thursday . |
| 5 | This puts the Law literally and metaphorically on the side of the blacks , who are also deemed ‘ out of order ’ for having broken the rules of a fair fight . |
| 6 | On that Friday afternoon Mr. Bell denied having broken the conditions of his bail not to approach Bridget Coffey . |
| 7 | And if Davie 's principles make him what some might call ‘ elitist ’ or ‘ undemocratic ’ , as in his stinging verdicts on ‘ catchpenny enterprises … like the Arvon Poetry Competitions ’ , it is not without his having pondered the arguments about the place and function of elites and of high art in a democratic nation far more deeply than the bulk of his fellow countrymen . |
| 8 | Neither myself or anyone of my party having received an hours illness since our arriving though constantly exposed night and day to the bush in all kinds of weather . |
| 9 | Having criticized the limits of the antiracist account of racism , this is an appropriate point at which to explicate my own conception of racism and to indicate why I think it is more persuasive ( cf. |
| 10 | Having examined the reasons for the use of the bare infinitive with the modals , it is now possible to deal with infinitival usage with two verbs which function both as modal auxiliaries and as lexical verbs , need and dare . |
| 11 | Having examined the foundations of these styles of public law thought , we should now seek to test our understanding of them by reference to our experience of the subject . |
| 12 | Having examined the issues and made some preliminary recommendations we consider it is now appropriate to consult interested individuals and agencies . |
| 13 | Having examined the characteristics of mental disorder and the various structural and organizational problems which must be overcome , we are now in a position to look at some of the proposed solutions . |
| 14 | Having consulted the therapists about the best type of activity to choose for the patient , you may be able to work out how best to interest and amuse the patient through your knowledge of what he enjoyed doing before his stroke or head injury . |
| 15 | Owen and his two remaining parliamentary colleagues ( the other two SDP MPs elected in the 1987 general election--see p. 35269 — having joined the ranks of the SLDP ) would continue to work as a team of independent Social Democrats . |
| 16 | You have limited er suppliers who you choose er having heard the figures that you 've given us today erm i it seems to me that there is very little control of that expenditure . |
| 17 | Having heard the stories , the author decided to investigate them for himself together with a friend . |
| 18 | Having heard the exchanges earlier today , I do not think that there has been any suppression . |
| 19 | He says that at the end of the Laws of Moses one finds the following words : " Moses , having heard the words of God , transmitted them to the Jews . " |
| 20 | ‘ Liberals must speak out , ’ he declared and , having listed the films he had made , added : ‘ The motion pictures I have made represent my convictions . |
| 21 | Having dismissed the Italians , he demolishes the French in just eight lines ; and before totally annihilating the English he turns his attention to the Germans : ‘ In Germany and Austria the attitude towards the singer more nearly approaches that of India than of anywhere else in Europe . |
| 22 | Having saluted the Ambassadors , who stood in a circle next to the door leading from the Galerie de Diane to the Salle des Maréchaux , the Emperor and Empress entered the Ballroom and mounted the dais which was set aside for them . |
| 23 | Having checked the levels at rehearsal , the producer sets the recorder so as to just avoid distortion on the loudest passages . |
| 24 | The Russians and Ukrainians could n't have been more friendly or helpful , but after having treated the galleys , on a democratic vote , the entire branch defected to the Deep Pan Pizza restaurant for dinner . |
| 25 | It was not surprising that Tehran had seized upon the state of the oil market , in the light of the widespread indictment of Riyadh as having provoked the circumstances which left OPEC in disarray in 1985–86 . |
| 26 | Having calculated the odds , Napoleon III decided that at the moment this was unlikely . |
| 27 | By then England were 214 for 7 , only Allan Lamb , desperately needing a big score to stay in the team , having given the scorers much exercise . |
| 28 | Having completed the calculations for the potential of a point charge , we shall now investigate a more complicated situation . |
| 29 | Only after having uttered the words , which she immediately regretted , did Lucy realise just how much the constant endearments had riled her . |
| 30 | It was more than compensation for my not having annexed the all-comers record earlier at Portsmouth because of a stronger than allowable following wind . |