Example sentences of "having have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having had a gruesome storm-tossed journey , his first act on landing was to fulfil his vow to travel barefoot to the nearest shrine in thanksgiving for his delivery ; the rheumatism which resulted was with him for the rest of his life — as was the sourness with which he regarded Scotland . |
| 2 | My introduction to the matter came early one morning at about 6 a.m. when — having had a late night — I was awakened by a telephone call from Wigg . |
| 3 | No rectal stool mass was felt in 36% of children , 13% being already started on laxatives and others having had a recent bowel movement . |
| 4 | Rather than creative individuals being taken as the starting-point , the individuals targeted initially were people who had been diagnosed as having had a mental illness , either a severe ( manic-depressive ) form of affective disorder or the milder , but aetiologically related , mood swings of ‘ cyclothymia ’ . |
| 5 | The Prince , of course , had to go and say hello , and disappeared once again , emerging ten minutes later having had a long discussion with the chief brass player . |
| 6 | She came to Queen 's Park about 11 years ago , having had a long association at Findlay Memorial Tabernacle . |
| 7 | Oh I 'm just sitting here having had a long , well erm I I 've just had a , a chat with Gillian who erm rang me up and we were on the phone for about half an hour I suppose , she 's some lucky girl ! |
| 8 | Having had a small suitcase packed weeks ago , she alerted the maternity wing of the clinic in which she was booked , asked the receptionist downstairs to get her a taxi and took herself off there as if the early arrival of babies was an everyday occurrence in her life . |
| 9 | He also pointed out in the report that the excavation produced a disproportionate number of cosmetic articles , although the significance of this evidence is not clear ; the case for the site having had a religious function is strengthened by a consideration of the other buildings . |
| 10 | With puffins still zooming around the landing bay , we left for the mainland having had a marvellous day . |
| 11 | The brick and stone-built cone is sixty feet high , and was saved from demolition in 1962 by excavations which showed its importance as an industrial monument , this area of Yorkshire once having had a thriving glass industry . |
| 12 | Medical Services are steaming ahead having had a great year . |
| 13 | In recovering from our torture we take solace from the knowledge that we share with H G Wells , Oscar Wilde , William Butler Yeats , W Somerset Maugham , James Joyce , and many other writers the experience of having had a rotten rejection . |
| 14 | That will no doubt be done by the press , clearly bored at not having had a good scandal to get its teeth into for all of two months . |
| 15 | And despite having had a good , healthy pregnancy , she had already started getting depressed : |
| 16 | Having had a jinxed left back position it looks like we now have a jinxed central defender position ! |
| 17 | Now he freely admits to being gay and to having had a stable , loving relationship with another man . |
| 18 | Boasting a record of never having had a serious incident or accident in its history , Aurigny is careful about the selection of its pilots , most of whom are mature and experienced aircrew with backgrounds in airline and/or military flying . |
| 19 | All reported having had a wonderful day and causing much comment and amusement wherever they went . |
| 20 | The probe problem is having had a big initial launch the reality is that we 're now going to drip feed the P R throughout the year and there are several good stories coming up which I 'm not gon na tell you er that we hope the , the national and local press will pick up on . |
| 21 | Le Corbusier , with Gropius and Lubetkin , have been described as having had a poetic vision of a future society , organised along egalitarian and emancipatory lines , supported by modern technology . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you realise , Frances … ’ he said slowly , ‘ I did that performance tonight without having had a single drink all day … ? |
| 23 | He had read some of the more discreet passages for the evening audience , having had a last-minute change of plan . |
| 24 | Ian and Barbara meet — the latter having had a difficult time avoiding Nero 's amorous advances — and with the help of Tavius ( who is a Christian ) , they manage to escape from the city . |
| 25 | Ryan was just putting the final touches of white emulsion to Tosh 's paws when his father came back , having had a quick break from painting the two-year-old 's room . |
| 26 | Lord Palmerston was a notorious rake , having had a long-standing affair with Lady Cowper , whom he finally married in the late 1830s . |
| 27 | In other words , having had a previous similar sensation is a logically necessary condition of my apprehending a sensation of white as such , on Mill 's version of the resemblance doctrine . |
| 28 | ‘ He is still vertical , ’ Roxburgh observed after having had a significant portion of his squad put on horizontal hold . |
| 29 | There are obvious dangers in any such development which may allow the news media to be bound without having had an effective opportunity to argue against the imposition or scope of the injunction . |
| 30 | Lee listened to the patio door closing quietly , and felt ashamed , ignoble , as if she were embarrassed about having had an epileptic fit or as if she had broken wind in the middle of a fairy-tale . |