Example sentences of "having [vb pp] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cursing his ill-luck in not having caught a fish , the heir suddenly felt a tug on his line and struggled to land a horrid creature , described by a passer-by as being : |
| 2 | having shed a pair of concrete slippers . |
| 3 | Miss Campbell died in 1982 without having written a Flora , and in an eloquent obituary ( Milne-Redhead , op cit. dhead ) the author commented ‘ The rich proceeds of these many expeditions are in the B. M. Herbarium , a fitting memorial to her love of Scottish botany , as is her ‘ Flora of Uig ’ ( Campbell , 1945 ) ’ . |
| 4 | Poor Blair would then feel guilty , having missed a fish that Father would most certainly have landed . |
| 5 | It soon emerged that performance was high on Ashton 's list of priorities as indicated by his having taken a series of lessons in Formula Fords at Brand 's Hatch . |
| 6 | He has the advantage of having devised a series of self-contained but effectively linked novels , full of properly casual back-references , in which he can show his hero changing with circumstances from the exuberance of a young lieutenant , to whom personal courage , seamanlike skills and informed opportunism have brought reputation and wealth , to a middle-aged man still exuberant but oppressed with financial cares and by the continual malice of personal enemies . |