Example sentences of "having [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having plucked up the courage , he or she will find perhaps in the next room a course in Spanish or computer studies . |
| 2 | Having examined how the law defines the ends for which directors must use their powers , we are now in a position to consider the law 's capacity to ensure that they act within the bounds laid down . |
| 3 | You might think , having filled in a claim for US$110 for the missing items , that would be it . |
| 4 | Having fleshed out the frames of the characters , Whitaker virtually gave Coburn a free hand in his teleplay , needing to concentrate instead on the vast amount of work involved in reshaping the series with the loss or deferment of so many storylines . |
| 5 | Having propped up the Ottoman empire for the latter part of the nineteenth century , Britain and France now set about dismantling it . |
| 6 | In fact , assuming that the time elapsing between a subject 's decision to respond and the actual pressing of the button was about 75 milliseconds , subjects on average identified the target after having heard only the first 200 milliseconds of it . |
| 7 | Having gathered up the elements of his story from Wordsworth and John Cruikshank , Coleridge had , in a week of brilliant creativity , produced not a gothic ballad of the supernatural , but a strange and capacious metaphor of life itself-of man 's lonely voyage on a ‘ wide wide sea ’ , of his struggle with evil , of guilt and imperfect redemption . |
| 8 | And from this point on , erm he , having given away a substantial erm amount of his private fortune , I think that T. |
| 9 | The mixed feelings at having given up the struggle to cope with the family member at home can lead to a diminution of visits , which may be painful at times . |
| 10 | It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen . |
| 11 | From the 1920s to the 1940s he acted as the principal representative of the provisional administration in Washington , having given up the presidency . |
| 12 | Neo-suedehead singer Andy appears to have gone through a second puberty , his former growling style of delivery having fallen down an octave well and climbed out deeper and darker . |
| 13 | Having pointed out the peculiarity and arbitrariness of this notion he then assumes that , in other systems , the relation of man to his material environment is visualized differently . |
| 14 | In the case of each plaintiff , the application form for a further advance requires the borrower to state whether he wishes a basic valuation , a house buyers ' report or a structural survey ; the brochure having pointed out the limited scope of the first two . |
| 15 | Having flown both the TB9 and TB10 the only real difference I noticed , apart from the speed , was the apparent heaviness of the nose when you reduce power in the flare . |
| 16 | The news of the day was that British tanks had got across the Irrawaddy near Meiktila , having come down the Chindwin valley . |
| 17 | Oliver Cromwell , soldier and statesman , became the Lord Protector , Parliament having carried out a purge , abolishing monarchy as unnecessary and burdensome . |
| 18 | They set out on 23 January , Jordan heading straight for Gabes , and Stirling some twelve hours behind , having carried out a recce on the way . |
| 19 | If you feel drained ( despite having carried out the previous visualisations ) , take a shower , if possible , or a bath containing essence of juniper . |
| 20 | Guppy allegedly boasted of having carried out the perfect crime , the court heard . |
| 21 | Having carried out the research , let's say we know where we are going and arrive at a beautiful river . |
| 22 | Having carried out the work , the repairer then supplies the goods to the original owner who , using its VAT number , acquires them in its own country so avoiding the need for cross-border refunds . |
| 23 | Libya did , however , offer full co-operation with French investigators , who would be allowed to question the four senior intelligence officers , one of them the brother-in-law of Libyan leader Col. Moamer al Kadhafi , suspected of having carried out the Niger bombing . |
| 24 | The Watchmaker , having wound up the watch he had made , had retired elsewhere , presumably for contemplation . |
| 25 | Having considered quite a complicated multiplier appropriate for an open economy , it is still worth while considering the ‘ standard ’ fiscal multipliers , usual in public finance texts . |
| 26 | United and today 's opponents Arsenal have both been under the disciplinary spotlight , having picked up a stack of yellow cards between them . |
| 27 | Some market men said they believed Smith was trying to support the price because the firm was already heavily exposed to Ferranti , having picked up the bulk of shares placed at 81p in July by Jim Guerin , International Signal and Control 's former chairman . |
| 28 | Having picked up the keys , she held her arms out wide , with the keys in one hand and the piece of paper in the other . |
| 29 | Having grown up a northerner , I make no apologies for saying that I do not regard myself as a southerner who happens to live a few miles up the road . |
| 30 | And , having freed over a quarter of the world 's population from our colonial rule , we have no desire to lose our own independence . |