Example sentences of "having [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their stories were n't ones of passive pain , but tales of active resistance — having somewhere to run to , they 'd got a grip of their own lives . |
| 2 | But having politely listened to Mrs Thatcher 's remarks and having promised to pay due attention to Whitehall 's alternative strategy , the summit made it clear that their strategy for monetary union would broadly follow the blueprint laid down . |
| 3 | The guilt people feel at having perhaps contributed to the illness or accident can be overwhelming . |
| 4 | He looked from one to another of those gathered around them — the thought having suddenly occurred to him . |
| 5 | HAVING ALREADY REFERRED to types of watercoloured paper and their manufacturer in the August issue , I am this month going to refer back to and expand upon certain areas . |
| 6 | It seems reasonable to infer from the above that numerous corporate executives , having already responded to the situational demands necessary for career mobility within an organization by displaying sufficient degrees of competitive ambition , shrewdness , and moral flexibility will experience a further development of these characteristics when they have to respond to the relatively unaccountable and unconstrained power of being at or near the top of a large national , but especially transnational corporation . |
| 7 | The other day I bought the enchanting ASV CD of clarinet Concertos by played by Emma Johnson and read the notes only as an afterthought this morning , having already listened to the disc several times . |
| 8 | ‘ I am sorry to hear this ’ ( 346 ) , Iago says , having just exulted to us , en clair , that will ever restore to him his peace and quiet ( 328ff . ) . |
| 9 | The Australians even refused to sing their traditional victory song at the end of the Adelaide Test , having just gone to an unbeatable 3–0 series lead . |
| 10 | The NIAAF recognise that with the meeting coming so early in the track and field season the next few weeks are going to be hectic , with so many of Britain 's top athletes having just returned to these shores after sunshine training abroad … so the booking of Jarrett is a tremendous ‘ start ’ . |
| 11 | It 's twenty to twelve , erm Y D P just really erm having now come to an end . |
| 12 | Er , the I I also make the point , that er , my understanding is having now talked to a number of the other C A B's , that in fact they were looking to Thamesdown money advice centre because this money was actually to replace funds that previously had been er , available through the Allied Dunbar sponsorship scheme , and which has , which I gather was withdrawn er , at very short notice , and they were looking to Thamesdown to er provide that support and resource as a county resource , and I I therefore felt that it was right to bring it forward . |
| 13 | Well having now returned to Derby Uni I 've managed to get hold of a mail account , which means I can join you lot again . |
| 14 | The last mill these waters powered was Awre Corn Mill , an old site in use at least since the time of the Domesday Survey , having reputedly belonged to Edward the Confessor . |
| 15 | The worst stories were those from the people living in bungalows having nowhere to move to . |
| 16 | Anyway , granny did n't survive the war — her heart gave out one night and there was a big family funeral to which I did not go , having conveniently arranged to be on duty that day . |
| 17 | This will operate under the name of Focus Sales Group , and will distribute titles from publishers of black writing , men 's and women 's issues , psychology , personal development , recovery and new thought — publishers like Shambhala itself , Chiron , Parallax and Siga ( all three having recently transferred to Airlift from other distributors ) , Beacon , Hazelden , Writers & Readers , Parabola and Spring Publications , among others . |
| 18 | Recently , it won the commission to design the new Ghanaian parliament building — the country only having recently returned to democracy . |
| 19 | There was a rather pleasant man , called Chaudhry , who showed worrying signs of having actually gone to Oxford . |