Example sentences of "[v-ing] found [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Then , she thought , having found a small canister of mild English curry powder , a vegetable curry , while the pies were doing .
2 Many congratulated themselves on having found a new sense of purpose , a new realism : after years of drifting , of idle ebb and flow , there seemed to be a current .
3 Despite the broad nature of the changes , however , the results were perceived by many as change for the sake of change , rather than as the result of the President having found a new formula to deal with the main problems of inflation , the breakdown in government services and the poor state of the economy .
4 Having found a successful formula , he kept to it .
5 Nor do the majority of umpires when having found a satisfactory distance at which to stand .
6 Police folklore tells of one officer who , having found a dead body on the street at the end of his duty , shifted it on to the next beat .
7 You have the privilege of having found a lovely woman , privileged and — you know this better than I do unique .
8 Having found a comfortable Gasthof in the suburb of Spitalhof , I passed a few hours wandering the old town .
9 Having found the appropriate register , the researcher is soon faced with fresh difficulties , quite apart from the daunting task of reading sixteenth and seventeenth century scripts .
10 Having found the appropriate class number from the card , look for it in the subject or classified catalogue and flick through the cards of that particular number .
11 Having found the right house in the most perfect location less than half a mile from the gates of Assisi , she set about transforming it .
12 In addition I explained to her that , having found the original event and looked at it through adult eyes , there was no danger that she would put an end to one problem only to replace it with another , as might have happened if we had not investigated its origins .
13 Walking down the Promenade to the Albion Hotel for luncheon , with Samuel striding ahead like Stonewall Jackson , and Gwendolen having found an apparent soul mate in Lord Beddington , Oliver found himself forced to walk next to Angelina .
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