Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe always makes time to play with his kids — he 's got to be both mother and father to them — in spite of having-to run the farm alone since your father died . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the very censorship under which Galileo was operating increased the nervousness of his opponents . |
| 3 | Another thirty Health and Safety proposals are on the way such as that on working time in the news last week and another to restore the protection for young people at work which we 've lost over the last decade , and just as important the union has just n not just reacting to what 's coming out of Brussels , it 's actually helping set the agenda . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There was a brief impression of two men stumbling down the track as though they had been hit in the leg , while the man with the pinned arm , having broken the arrow that held him , hurtled off in to the undergrowth . |
| 7 | Having broken the ice , the shy one then feels more confident to contribute on his own later . |
| 8 | When I read Mary Gordon 's Final Payments a few years ago I shuddered with relief at having broken the spell of what had been wished on me . |
| 9 | Firstly , having broken the rules of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland by attending Catholic mass , he found himself suspended and denied the sacraments . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On that Friday afternoon Mr. Bell denied having broken the conditions of his bail not to approach Bridget Coffey . |
| 13 | Only 17pc admitted to having broken the law and 66pc said juvenile punishments were ‘ far too soft ’ . |
| 14 | Having criss-crossed the ground , the aerial spotter sighted a van being driven suspiciously , near one of the dugin positions . |
| 15 | Having pondered the operating characteristics of the circuit , the next criterion in our list relates to the space available in the housing used to accommodate the finished board . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Dudayev leadership accused the Russian authorities of having manipulated the revolt , and instigated criminal investigation of the " coup " . |
| 18 | Judge Kazuo Kato declared that ‘ having received the trust of the people , the state has the authority to determine the content of a child 's education ’ . |
| 19 | The Scottish bishops of this period were normally consecrated by the archbishop of York , and there was no protest against this practice until 1120 , when Anselm 's disciple Eadmer , having received the bishopric of St Andrews , attempted to insist that he should be consecrated at Canterbury . |
| 20 | Fred Voncken , head of finance for the Directorate of the Arts of the Ministry of Culture told The Art Newspaper that the Minister , Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , having received the backing of the two main political parties , has urged the cabinet to accept the changes as soon as the European Parliament decides that a lower VAT band is permissible for all cultural activities . |
| 21 | Having received the money and begun the video work herself , Mary Law had to recruit other members of staff to the scheme because the Humanities department had lost staff . |
| 22 | In a large study of isonazid associated hepatitis , 54% of patients presented after having received the drug for more than two months and several received the drug for more than 12 months before presentation . |
| 23 | Having received the colour mailshot which highlights the exciting new collection of carpets and curtain fabrics by Stoddard Templeton , customers are encouraged to visit their local retailer by the offer of a free pen . |
| 24 | Yesterday , East Germany was in the firing line for having received the Dalai Lamai , exiled spiritual leader of Tibet , in East Berlin on Wednesday . |
| 25 | Yesterday , East Germany was in the firing line for having received the Dalai Lamai , exiled spiritual leader of Tibet , in East Berlin on Wednesday . |
| 26 | ‘ What an idiot ! ’ cried Pétain , on learning at Verdun that a battalion commander , having received the order of alert just as the rations arrived , had ordered his men to depart forthwith on empty stomachs ; ‘ He does n't deserve to be a corporal . ’ |
| 27 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 28 | A measure having received the approval of a majority in both Houses and the Royal Assent is recognised by the common law as an Act of Parliament . |
| 29 | He was president of the Iron and Steel Institute ( 1946–8 ) , having received the Bessemer gold medal in 1938 . |
| 30 | In 1106 , after the death of his brother Geoffrey , Fulk of Anjou was recorded by Orderic as having received the county of Anjou from King Philip I ; his homage therefore implied feudal subordination . |