Example sentences of "having [vb pp] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having received its second reading , the Bill went to Committee where many amendments were tabled , such as the raising or lowering of the age of consent , but few were accepted . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm going through quite a quiet patch lately , ’ he said , having drained his third glass of claret . |
| 3 | Form is no indicator , Arbroath having won their Second Division match with East Fife at Bayview this season before losing on their own ground to the Fifers . |
| 4 | She asked me to apologize to you , should I see you , for not having answered your last letter . |
| 5 | For the Crown Prince was far from having shot his second bolt . |
| 6 | Perhaps he had believed he was to go with the main reconnaissance party , and having written his last letter did not like to write to me again to cause me what he thought would be further confusion and anxiety . |
| 7 | The Prophet , having missed his first killing strike , realised he would have to move fast to avoid capture by the trap set for him by his hated enemy . |
| 8 | Michele Roberts having seen her fifth novel In the Red Kitchen published in 1990 is currently working on a screenplay for French television and on a new novel . |
| 9 | Having done my first sound broadcast in the Forties and made my first television appearance in 1952 , I can remember when Lord Reith 's belief that broadcasting 's prime function was to inform , to entertain and give all sides a chance to state their case , still reigned . |
| 10 | Having opened his first shop in 1969 ( backed by Cilla Black ) . |
| 11 | Though the firms eventually chose America 's General Dynamics ( having had their second choice , McDonnell Douglas , and their first choice , going it alone , overruled by the Japanese government ) , the group also looked at the Panavia Tornado , the Anglo-American Harrier it and the Swedish Gripen . |
| 12 | Having drawn their first game , against West on Thursday , South need a victory to win overall . |
| 13 | Having celebrated their 5th birthday in style with Beaujolais Nouveau for all clientèle , the Greys salon in have been quietly promoting their commitment to quality with their Customer Service Policy . |
| 14 | Richard Shaw is the latest qualifier for the growing list of Palace Centurions , having reached his hundredth Palace appearance as the 1990–91 season drew towards its conclusion . |
| 15 | Before the screenplay could be completed Lee died , in 1987 , aged sixty-three , having spent his last years living peacefully in Arizona , far away from the madness of Hollywood . |
| 16 | Wright had made up for his 99 at Christchurch by pulling Lawrence joyously for successive boundaries to reach three figures , and Jones , having scored his first Test century against England , looked hungry for more . |
| 17 | Having run his first marathon at 40 , he has since completed eight . |
| 18 | It is getting steadily worse and is moving westward with the stream of refugees , who , having eaten their last stores and sold everything that would buy a morsel of bread , are wandering they know not whither . |
| 19 | It shows that for those people without work and looking for a job , the ending of a temporary job was the second most important reason for having left their last employment . |
| 20 | HAVING taken your first steps on the road to becoming a video movie maker , you can now begin to run a little . |
| 21 | Having drunk my first afternoon coffee with Sheikha Grandmother I went to greet the Sheikha . |
| 22 | Having acquired his first saxaphone , David got in touch with jazz saxophonist , Ronnie Ross , after finding his telephone number in the ‘ phone book . |
| 23 | Ada Leverson died in London 30 August 1933 , having published her last book , Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde , with Reminiscences of the Author , in 1930 . |