Example sentences of "[prep] have [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So , you were parked here illegally , ’ he insisted without a flicker , ‘ and I caught you trying to sneak back out again , after having inflicted considerable damage to my car . |
| 2 | Lots of the slicker , more citified proles ' sons had this extremely short hair by '68 after having had long hair . |
| 3 | ‘ Obviously , what has to demonstrated to the court is that the delay complained of has produced genuine prejudice and unfairness . |
| 4 | The New Hampshire result ensured that the challenge of Buchanan would be maintained at least into March , and increased the growing belief that Bush — despite having recorded popular approval ratings of up to 90 per cent in the immediate aftermath of the Gulf war — was vulnerable to defeat in his bid for a second presidential term . |
| 5 | Freeman was particularly out to demolish Mead 's suggestion ( 1928 ) that Samoan society is characterized by values emphasizing uninhibited playfulness and peaceful co-existence , accusing her of having misunderstood Samoan society . |
| 6 | On his way through the underground roads , he met a miner who told him of having seen heavy machinery being moved along by an unknown force . |
| 7 | Taiwan 's Foreign Minister , Frederick Chien , accused the Chinese government of having bought Saudi favour with discounts on CSS-2 long-range ballistic missiles . |
| 8 | I munch some elderberries for consolation , but overdo it , and that slight cloying sensation , of having sucked fruit-flavoured frog-spawn , wo n't go away . |
| 9 | The Romans were known to have accused everybody they did n't like of having committed human sacrifice in the same way that nations have always labelled their enemies " Frogs " , or " Nignogs " , or " Argies " . |
| 10 | The government in turn accused the FMLN of compiling a dishonest inventory of the number of weapons it held and of having staged illegal land occupations after the signing of the peace treaty in order to boost its land tenure claims . |
| 11 | What had to be demonstrated to the court was that the delay complained of had produced genuine prejudice and unfairness . |
| 12 | Orbos , 40 , an unabashed populist , had made a meteoric rise since his election to Congress in 1987 , and was widely credited with having injected new life into the Aquino administration . |
| 13 | Many inward investments can be criticized for lacking research and development facilities , for having limited local independence , and so on . |
| 14 | On the same day , however , Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Kato issued a carefully worded statement on behalf of the government which claimed that it was in " deep reflection for having caused unbearable agony and sorrow to the peoples in parts of Asia and the Pacific in fighting started with the attack on Pearl Harbour " . |
| 15 | The sculptor Joseph Nollekens [ q.v. ] was reputed to have been removed from Barnard 's will for having shown inadequate admiration for Barnard 's Italian drawings . |
| 16 | Of the 405 members of Congress seeking re-election in November 1990 , only one , Donald " Buz " Lukens ( Rep. , Ohio ) , was defeated during the primary process , and his campaign was impaired by his conviction for having had sexual intercourse with a minor . |
| 17 | By this means , a student who suffers badly from " exam nerves ' may benefit from having obtained good essay or project marks ; conversely , students who dislike preparing written work on their own but who respond well under the time pressure of an " unseen " exam may also do well . |
| 18 | Except in those countries such as Ireland , Greece and Portugal , where the benefits of Federalism are largely measured in terms of the largesse it produces for them , greater comprehension of what is going on has brought growing anxiety about it . |
| 19 | Damaged by the Gulf crisis and still without having achieved electoral reform , Kaifu 's position by the end of 1990 looked considerably less secure than it had done in the immediate aftermath of the February elections . |
| 20 | The Act treats youth services as a continuum containing educational , recreational , advisory , supportive and therapeutic facilities by putting forward an open-ended catalogue of measures and initiatives which had become ‘ custom and practice ’ or indeed signs of good , innovatory practice in some parts of the country without having had legal backing . |
| 21 | Will a subject given reinforced trials in one context fail to respond when the CS is presented in a different context without having had previous experience of non-reinforced trials in the second context ? |
| 22 | You see , it is n't easy to get this kind of job without having had previous experience , and it 's the only thing I can do , because I 've no qualifications . |
| 23 | THE export business at has seen dramatic development over the last 15 years . |
| 24 | Can anyone tell me how , if at all , Scottish interests would have been damaged by having increased Scottish membership on the committee of the regions ? |