Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , finally , a new order seems to be emerging , for which a big debt of gratitude is owed to Donovan Razor Ruddock and Britain 's Lennox Lewis for daring to have a face off for the chance to get a title shot . |
| 2 | ‘ Normally I 'd say no , especially after having had a gun pointed at them . |
| 3 | There seemed to be no reason why you should n't , and to decide not to , after having had the thought , seemed to indicate a lack of real caritas . |
| 4 | The Human Factors specialist can rightly be accused of wanting to have a finger in every pie because , as he sees it , behavioural considerations do affect every design decision . |
| 5 | After the November 1989 general election Shekhar was considered by some to be a candidate for the premiership , despite having had no experience of ministerial office . |
| 6 | is well despite having had a forceps delivery & ‘ piles ’ ! ! |
| 7 | As Engels puts it , despite having had a product for nearly two years , Cognos is still at the ‘ toe in the water ’ stage with the AS/400 market . |
| 8 | Gavin now faces the prospect of having to have a metal plate inserted in his head . |
| 9 | and they used to collect the rents from there er some of them and er up er he came home one day and he said erm , I 'm not going up there collecting again , as he er collected the bugs used to drop on his collecting pad I said , finish the job do n't go again , but anyway they persuaded the people to take the rents into the office you see instead of having to have a rent collector , but er it was horrible he , he worked for them twenty five years and then when he was sixty four he had his , a stroke , but he went back again after eight months and he completed his job for when , you know he stayed in the office , he was er him and erm started the rebate , well it was footwork the rebate system was worked out at the Town Hall , but they , the rent men had to carry it out you see and er he er work the system out and of course erm , when he was sixty five he finished , course he was lucky really , but then er he could get about fairly well , but after the years drew on you know his , his health deteriorated and er but he lived er he was sixty four and he was eighty five when he died but erm |
| 10 | Whether the satisfaction occurred , and whether it outweighed the inconvenience of having to have an egg handy , was as hard to substantiate as most other claims for the wonders of depth psychology . |
| 11 | did he ever explain to you what the urgency of having to have the article in on the following Saturday was ? , did he ev , did he ever tell you anything ? |
| 12 | During the latter part of the night , in spite of having had no sleep , feelings of fatigue begin to diminish . |
| 13 | A shutter came down over his eyes and she had the sensation of having had a door slam very firmly in her face . |
| 14 | Having an idea of having had an idea is having an idea of two things . |
| 15 | Right , Harold 's been sort of trying to have a look at it all week long , but he 's , he has n't really got time . |
| 16 | " Do you feel like trying to have a dance ? " he said . |
| 17 | Although not accused of fraud , Bush was charged by federal regulators with having had a conflict of interest while serving as a director of Silverado . |
| 18 | The second present was a book toke ) a ‘ thank you ’ for having had the pleasure of being President of the Medau Society . |
| 19 | IN A LONG apologia for having had the temerity to undertake a psycho-biography of Mrs Thatcher , Leo Abse denies that his book is a personal attack on her , but agrees that it may have some admonitory function in warning people not to acquiesce too readily in the disposition of someone who would appear , on his argument , to be gravely unbalanced . |
| 20 | Second , there is personal experience of homoeopathy through having been treated by a homoeopathic doctor , or through having had a member of the family so treated , and being impressed by the results . |
| 21 | It can be very helpful for the pupil with marked problems in seeing to have an opportunity to explore the school buildings and the particular class or specialist rooms as the library , gymnasium and science laboratories at a quiet time in order to gain an impression of their layout . |
| 22 | People who are ‘ at risk ’ of having mentally handicapped children can be advised of this , and it is safe to assume that some may be deterred from proceeding to have a child . |
| 23 | He was also unusual among philologists in having had a price on his head . |
| 24 | He 's funny is n't he , he 's no interest in settling having a family of his own . |
| 25 | You refer to having had no reply to your letter of 9 February . |
| 26 | Mr Leslie admits to having had a drink but he says he was by no means ‘ under the influence ’ . |
| 27 | Well she knows , at least she was n't going to erm admit to having had a phone call |
| 28 | It is a wonderful experience to sit with him in the quiet peacefulness of his home , the table cleared ( in addition to having had the house duly cleaned by his ‘ daily ’ ) to make room for the Sabbath candles , its bread and wine . |
| 29 | They release the teacher for other work by giving the pupil something which he can operate himself without having to have the teacher there ; and they can also enliven the teaching of otherwise difficult topics . |
| 30 | If you have to do a major shop without having had a meal , eat one of your snacks first . |