Example sentences of "having [vb pp] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 But having done it , having completed the half a day or whatever it is we have , you know it 's not really a case of saying Right well that 's it .
2 I think I should add very shortly that having considered the many authorities cited , even if I had come to a different conclusion on the issue about consideration , I would have come to the same decision adverse to the owners on the question whether the payments were made voluntarily in the sense of being made to close the transaction .
3 The authority of the Minister of Health ( the new Ministry having succeeded the former Local Government Board ) was no longer required for the preparation of a scheme ; instead , all that was necessary was the resolution of a local council .
4 On July 12 Castro congratulated the deputies on " not having made the least concession in these difficult moments " ( referring to the growing economic crisis ) .
5 Therefore the woman , not having had the same training as a man can not possibly demand the same wage ; also not being physically as strong , she can not compete with him where heavy lifting is required .
6 What will the impact be of this on subsequent rehabilitation , having had the same stress of acute infarct ?
7 Never having shown the same propensity as the French for violent revolution , the dispossessed have entered into a complex ritual of action within the processes of the criminal justice system , and in doing so have encouraged those tasked with their containment to consider them as being less than human and therefore needing further control and discipline .
8 He was mentioned in despatches , for having displayed the same casual courage his companions had remarked on before the war as he pursued his favourite pastime of mountaineering ( he had neither the time nor patience for golf and was reckoned by devotees to be only a fair-weather fisherman ) .
9 A big man , six foot four inches in his socks and a good fourteen stone , he always looked mildly untidy , and this morning , having worn the same clothes for a day and a half he looked like a football supporter after a night in the cells .
10 Indeed , where success is possible with a pass mark of 50 per cent or less and there is a choice of questions on the examination papers , two pupils may pass who have little in common beyond having attained the same grade .
11 In 1899 the London , Chatham and Dover and the South Eastern Railways were brought under the operational control of a joint managing committee and Sykes was appointed consulting electrical engineer to the new organization , in which capacity he continued until his death , having served the same railway for fifty-four years .
12 At twenty-eight , I began to find myself , having overcome the many spiritual depths I 'd sunk to in my emotional isolation .
13 The superiority of this latter group on a test task which involved choice between A and B could well depend on their having learned different labels ( and on the control group having learned the same label ) for these stimuli .
14 She resisted all temptations to give in to homesickness : she had been given the choice between staying at home and starting a new life , and having chosen the latter she was determined to enjoy every waking minute to the full .
15 They ran over a few in their minds , having acquired the same references .
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