Example sentences of "having [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merton 's early Edinburgh appearances read as a catalogue of disasters : one year he was set upon by a gang of burly Scottish lads when seeking to compete in the poster wars engulfing the festival , and another year he was rushed to hospital after only one show , having broken a leg in an intercomedian football friendly . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She was to be ritually speared for having broken a taboo . |
| 4 | Clydal was almost brought to a standstill approaching the home-turn , having received a might bump at the initial bend , but remained undeterred in his victory bid . |
| 5 | Earlier this year , the Secretary of State met the representatives of all the major brewery companies , having received a deputation from the National Licensed Victuallers Association . |
| 6 | Having received a total of 4,360 transferred votes — more than the 3,480 first-preference votes he began with — Quinn now had in all 7,840 , 165 in excess of the quota . |
| 7 | Individuals who receive such a distribution are treated as having received a payment of capital . |
| 8 | On the other hand , if you have had a number of unsuccessful taxations it may be that your draftsman is being too optimistic , especially if payment is on the basis of a percentage of the costs as drawn — If you want to test out your costs draftsman , having received a bill back , send the file off to someone else and see how they draw it . |
| 9 | However , an individual selling shareholder is treated ( subject as mentioned below ) as having received a capital element and , to the extent that the company is deemed to have made a distribution , an income element when he is paid the purchase price . |
| 10 | The settlor is treated as having received a sum of £100 less an amount equal to 35 per cent . |
| 11 | The shareholders are treated as having received a distribution of £100 on which tax of £20 has been paid and , assuming they will be liable for income tax at the higher rate , will have a further £20 of income tax to pay ( see s14 TA 1988 and sections 77 to 79 of the 1993 Finance Act ) . |
| 12 | At the outbreak of World War I Kingsmill enlisted in a regiment of cyclists and in 1916 , having received a commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , was sent to France where he was soon captured . |
| 13 | I write with regard to your order for the above tape , as I am unable to trace having received a reply to my letter to you of 14 February last . |
| 14 | I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again . |
| 15 | Some time after , not having received a reply , they had sent the eunuch to fetch her . |
| 16 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 17 | Having received a camera as a twenty-fifth birthday gift , Hoppé taught himself photography and in 1907 won £100 in a photographic competition . |
| 18 | I ca n't seem to find a copy of any report which was produced as a result of this survey , and I have no recollection of ever having received a copy , but presumably it would contain enough data for your new placement student to re-input . |
| 19 | Neither myself or anyone of my party having received an hours illness since our arriving though constantly exposed night and day to the bush in all kinds of weather . |
| 20 | Clause 33(1) of the Finance ( No. 2 ) Bill 1975 provided that the employee was to be treated , on receipt of a voucher , as having received an emolument from his employment of an amount ‘ equal to the expense incurred by the person providing the voucher in or in connection with the provision of the voucher and the money , goods or services for which it is capable of being exchanged . ’ |
| 21 | Finally , having received an audience in Edirne , the company left that city for the west on 12 March 1433 ( 20 Rajab 836 ) . |
| 22 | Having developed a lexicon and the set of grammar rules it is necessary to provide a mechanism by which these rules are applied . |
| 23 | The British pride themselves on having developed a system of government that has been a model for the rest of the world . |
| 24 | ‘ They did not … see themselves as black or show any real sign of having developed a sense of racial identity ’ ( Gill and Jackson , 1983 , p. 139 ) . |
| 25 | Competitive Bowling : Having developed a taste for bowling you may wish to consider bowling in a league . |
| 26 | Having developed a process on this flexible pilot rig , a contractor could decide which process steps are required on a particular site , and whether a custom-built on-site unit , a mobile unit , or a central facility will best solve the problem . |
| 27 | Having consulted a colleague in the USA , he has now found that they breed best in fresh water ) the hard water of his Lincolnshire home being ideal . ) |
| 28 | The first account customer was McCartney , who , having heard a play on the BBC Third Programme , had picked up on Alfred Jarry and Ubu Roi . |
| 29 | ‘ When I come out of a house having heard a victim laugh for the first time since it all happened — I know that 's why I do it , ’ she says . |
| 30 | Having reasserted the need for a national framework and having listed a set of general educational aims , the ministers set out ‘ the approach to the curriculum which they consider should now be followed in the years ahead ’ . |