Example sentences of "for having [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sent down from Eton in 1863 for a few months for having made a forbidden visit to a Jesuit house . |
| 2 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 3 | Being recognised for having kept a glorified diary while wandering through India when he was young and naïve was n't enough for him . |
| 4 | In addition to its involvement of the country 's most famous political family , the case also acquired constitutional implications — relating to the First Amendment 's guarantee of freedom of speech — when charges were also filed against The Globe newspaper , a national supermarket tabloid , for having violated a 1911 Florida law by publishing the name of the woman . |
| 5 | A Le Monde report of Feb. 23 said that Amnesty had confirmed the detention without trial of a journalist , Salih al-Azzaz for having filmed a peaceful demonstration by Saudi women on Nov. 6 , 1990 . |
| 6 | The Parliamentary Accounts committee has recently given English Heritage a roasting for having produced a slash-and-dash strategy document last autumn without having consulted any of the relevant professional bodies . |
| 7 | I 0 shows , only a minority of all temporary workers said that having a training contract was their reason for having taken a temporary job . |
| 8 | Contrary to some critical comment , he believes that credit for obtaining substantial funding for the scheme should go to the Minister himself , for having taken a personal interest in the scheme . |
| 9 | Having read that I immediately repent me in dust and ashes for having committed a dreadful grammatical error . |