Example sentences of "for having [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on . |
| 2 | She was to be ritually speared for having broken a taboo . |
| 3 | v. Chilton , the Court of Appeal held that a threat by A , a trading association , to put B , one of its members , on a ‘ stop list ’ ( which would prevent B from getting goods from the members of the association ) unless B paid a sum of money for having broken a rule of the association was not a tort . |
| 4 | I was dismayed that we had disturbed her and apologised for having made a noise . |
| 5 | He was sent down from Eton in 1863 for a few months for having made a forbidden visit to a Jesuit house . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Being recognised for having kept a glorified diary while wandering through India when he was young and naïve was n't enough for him . |
| 8 | To drive the archbishop into exile for having recognized a pope accepted by all Normandy would have been an act of political folly . |
| 9 | Kim responded by expressing his desire to improve relations with Japan and by suggesting that a " lenient decision " would be made in the case of two Japanese fishermen detained in North Korea since 1983 for having helped a North Korean defect to Japan . |
| 10 | It reflects moral regret for having violated a situation of trust , and it shows concern that someone might have been hurt . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | At Pontefract yesterday Isobel Brown , who said her last permanent address was Moscow , was committed for three months in the second division for having delivered a speech at Castleford on Wednesday likely to cause disaffection . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He 's inside for having slit a man 's throat . |
| 18 | Guiding in a main force became the second phase of assault pilotage , for having reconnoitred a beach some weeks or months before a landing , these teams had the most up-to-date knowledge of local conditions . |
| 19 | Glendenen probably remembers the match best for having to face a 14-ball opening over from Essex 's former Hampshire paceman Steve Andrew , who currently has a fractured shoulder . |
| 20 | Having read that I immediately repent me in dust and ashes for having committed a dreadful grammatical error . |
| 21 | I do n't see that in any combination of these Amendments , I very much hope that my Noble Friend will come back at the report stage with our grateful thanks for having found a process which will produce a body of co of o of appointed members on the police authorities of a position to influence but not to determine his policy and that should be an a position , I agree with my Noble Friend , Lord Motterstone subordinate to that of the magistrates . |
| 22 | We do claim credit for having detected this anger and for having spent a year in working to set up a public meeting at which Thornaby people could express it , but even there we were careful to be non-party political and as a result of that meeting , with the support of Thornaby people and the town 's MP Tim Devlin , we are now carrying the campaign to the proper quarter . |