Example sentences of "[adv] having [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So having prepared a board with the UV sensitive etch-resist lacquer , the next stage is to expose the board to ultra-violet light through the positive artwork , see Fig. 2 . |
| 2 | Our experience of MCI Communications Corp 's MCI Mail service makes us feel that it has a quite impressively user friendly interface , whereas we find it difficult to believe that British Telecommunications Plc 's Dialcom — or good ol' Telecom Gold — is really quite as user-hostile as it appears , so having hit a snag in MCI and keyed ‘ help ’ at the prompt , and got a couple of screens of useful information ending with two phone numbers and a further option to key at the prompt , we wondered what Gold came up with if you keyed ‘ help ’ — here is the answer — Top-level directory not found or inaccessible . |
| 3 | Now she could , for a while , rest with her achievement , which was something so much greater and more mysterious than just having uttered a pack of lies , and let what was to happen next gradually formulate itself . |
| 4 | Aubrey was the elder son ( there were no daughters ) by the second marriage , Lord Carnarvon already having had a son and three daughters by his first . |
| 5 | He helps Pancks , whose landlord he is , to establish Mr Dorrit 's claim to his inheritance , and while Clennam is imprisoned in the Marshalsea he keeps an eye on his affairs ; Anastasia , his unprepossessing , middle-aged daughter , who cherishes the recollection of once having won an action for breach of promise . |
| 6 | I ca n't seem to find a copy of any report which was produced as a result of this survey , and I have no recollection of ever having received a copy , but presumably it would contain enough data for your new placement student to re-input . |
| 7 | Over and again eye-witnesses at Verdun testify to the curious sensation of having been in the line twice , three times , without ever having seen an enemy infantryman . |
| 8 | Maybe it is due to my always having eaten a diet rich in red meat and saturated animal fats ? |
| 9 | Mr Healey said that Labour , always having had a majority of men , would have won every election since 1922 if women had n't been given the vote . |
| 10 | In the future historians are likely to regard the post-1979 Conservative governments as also having produced a change in direction , one which reversed the direction of previous post-war administrations . |
| 11 | Even having made a commitment to the climb , the option of retreat is always open if you sense the temperature is too high or the snow conditions dangerous . |
| 12 | King was clumsy with the aircraft , never having flown an SE before , and Lambert watched nervously . |
| 13 | Tied by a child , never having done a job other than that of a temporary chauffeuse to army officers , what could she do ? |
| 14 | Many former refugee children report never having seen a Bloomsbury House representative . |
| 15 | Within about 10 days she knew that when the phone rang at night it would be Tony , despite never having seen a phone before . |
| 16 | And they would nod , and look closely , never having seen a duiker — even a common one before . |
| 17 | Bush thus maintained his record of never having had a veto overridden in Congress . |
| 18 | By falling 27 votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority the House ensured that Bush maintained his record of never having had a veto overturned . |
| 19 | This man , who told Huy that he only went to the place to drink , never having had a problem when it came to finding a girl , was looking urgently for somebody to work on his paperbeating team as one of his men had died suddenly from river fever . |
| 20 | Never having read a word of Norse ( Old Icelandic ) before , Lewis plunged in and attempted a few lines of Laxdaela Saga . |
| 21 | In the event , the award went to the veteran midday cowboy John Wayne for his performance in True Grit and/or for never having won an Oscar before . |