Example sentences of "having [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , since she , too , was n't at all hungry — and would have done practically anything to avoid having to sit down at such an overtly romantic candle-lit dinner — she reluctantly agreed to his suggestion . |
| 2 | Ten years ago , applications for cases to be heard were dealt with relatively swiftly , but a dramatic increase in their work load has produced a situation where despite the appointment of more judges to the Official Referee 's court , applicants are having to wait up to two or three years to have their cases heard . |
| 3 | She was still pondering on his use of her name as the taxi drove through the dark city streets , the driver having given up on any hopes of conversation after a couple of monosyllabic and nonsensical replies from his customer . |
| 4 | Imagine having to go through with this whenever one went out ! |
| 5 | Because people have done one job , during the day , and then having to go on to another job at night , and make no mistake , that , you know , this is the sort of legislation that we need , to protect us , the public from what , you know , the consequences of somebody working |
| 6 | ‘ I invented having to go out on that instant . |
| 7 | He thought of Jazz being presented with a cross-eyed , spotty , knock-kneed , gook-speaking bride from the Punjab and having to go along with that . |
| 8 | But having to go back to first principles proved a decisive advantage . |
| 9 | Having come out of that side of politics rather than the other , I always start where people are , and with what they want , and what their lives are like , and what will help them . |
| 10 | He was very unhappy at having to come out at all , but I think he ‘ s just pig-ignorant rather than involved . |
| 11 | A number of Education Board members , who can join up to five schools boards of governors , are having to stand down from some of them . |
| 12 | Having sat in on many lessons , he produced a list of ten categories of interaction . |
| 13 | The sun , having messed around with all the colours that Keats and Shelly were so big on , decided at last to give the rosy-fingered routine a bit of a miss and go for the full Colditz searchlight . |
| 14 | On Oct. 23 a case filed in Lahore charged Bhutto with having made up to 10,000 illegal government appointments during her 20 months in office . |
| 15 | People missed the trees and flowers … and having to walk around with one eye covered by an eye-patch . ’ |
| 16 | Pupils boast of having watched up to eight videos in a day . |
| 17 | Having to put up with that for so long I know ever so well what patients mean when they mention those kind of difficulties ' ( French 1990 ) . |
| 18 | English winemakers are always having to put up with this kind of jibe , despite possessing a viticultural heritage which dates back to the Romans . |
| 19 | And who 's to blame her , having to put up with those two for years ? ’ |
| 20 | The company was less a victim of the recession than of the peace dividend , having geared up for military orders which failed to materialise . |
| 21 | Persuading them to adhere to the doctrine of the Church of England , to persevere in that good old way ; … for having set up for Primitive Christianity , he counted Popery as well as Puritanism arrant novelty . |
| 22 | Having set off in great style from Salzburg in their own carriage , they were now so impecunious that they were obliged to sell it before the frontier and go on by postchaise . |
| 23 | How could I not be when I thought of Mum Lying there in that bed day after day , completely wrecked by Dad having run off with another woman ? |
| 24 | The poor chap 's having to get up at two or three o'clock in the morning , this is being paid for it . |
| 25 | erm particularly with planners but there is no doubt , and I , and this is no joking matter , that there are an awful lot of agencies of one sort or another who are finding that they are actually having to get on with other agencies . |
| 26 | Well , thanks for having put up with this thing . |
| 27 | The scales are certainly atomic , so we are entitled to regard these charges at the surfaces as having spread out in two dimensions only . |
| 28 | World No 8 Wilkinsonfrom Kirkby-in-Ashfield , went down 9-7 to stablemate Martin Clark , having fought back from 8-4 . |
| 29 | Yet despite the fine weather of the previous week , many of the cracks and chimneys , shaded from the sun , were ice-bound , so we bridged and balanced boldly to avoid having to change back into big boots . |
| 30 | having failed out on two poly courses . |