Example sentences of "having [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nell shivered. : Having said it like that , even though she had suspected it all along , brought a terrible picture to the mind . |
| 2 | Jane believes that her mother was often stressed to the point of despair at this time , ‘ … that she suffered all the torments and tribulations of every working mother without anything in her background , education or make-up having prepared her for such an emotional wrenching . ’ |
| 3 | But he declared that he would be unable to recognize Roksanda , after having seen her for such a short time , and that only by the light of his master 's ring . |
| 4 | Earlier generations had already noticed the odd consequences which followed from Aristotle 's having seen the human condition as unquestionably that of an Athenian gentleman , and Kant 's having seen it as that of a Prussian bourgeois . |
| 5 | Not satisfaction at quality of whatever I had done , but simply at having done it at all . |
| 6 | Another member of the Squadron , air bomber Colin Gifford , remembers Johnson declaring Sugar the best aeroplane on the Squadron after having got him through some violent evasive action one night . |
| 7 | So what can he do — having got us into this mess — for the good of OUR people ? |
| 8 | Friendship with a man was nice , she decided , never having experienced it before this . |
| 9 | Having known him for many months in Vancouver , and relishing his word-pictures of Yukon characters like ‘ dangerous Dan McGrew ’ and ‘ the lady known as Lou ’ , I tried to see in Service 's eyes the modern Yukon nearly half a century after the gold rush . |
| 10 | Having known him in this country and having travelled around Israel with him , I know that he is tough and resilient . |
| 11 | An especially clear example is in the fabliau Boivin de Provins , in which the hero , Boivin , having deluded a household of whores into providing him with a meal and a girl for free , and having set them at each other 's throats , goes off to tell the provost of the town the tale , who in turn spreads the tale around , producing much mirth and laughter . |
| 12 | And then , having cut it in half , turn again and again at the charge to carve it , neatly , for Thorfinn 's well-placed and well-protected infantry to engulf and slaughter . |
| 13 | Sometimes genuine letters are offered without the vital signature , some rabid autograph hunter having removed it at some period . |
| 14 | I also feel it was a great honour being a woman and having achieved it in such a short space of time as I have only been in hairdressing for around six years . |