Example sentences of "[v-ing] [vb pp] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Janette said : ‘ I 'm getting fed up hearing about her . ’ |
| 2 | All the same , museum curators will have carried out a critical task in selecting the exhibition , in some instances having fended off proposals for inclusions with a political or a particular cultural bias . |
| 3 | Having given up hope of a career , they have doubts about the future and support themselves by working in ‘ low pay , low prestige , low benefit jobs in the service industry ’ or ‘ McJobs ’ . |
| 4 | Frederica did not attempt to ascertain the fumbled name , having given up interest in stray new people until it was clear that they were of real concern . |
| 5 | Having carried out savings of a similar amount last year , he says there 's no fat left to trim . |
| 6 | ‘ Another time I asked him about his having turned down Parliament on a point of principle . |
| 7 | Mr Rosenburger was recently acquitted on a charge of breaching the peace , having read out extracts from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights outside Salisbury Cathedral in the summer . |
| 8 | By the 17th century the character of the woods had changed , landowners having planted out cants of chestnut and ash to supply the hop growers . |