Example sentences of "having do [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 . |
| 2 | He knows a little of the history of this region , having done a prize-winning project on it at school . |
| 3 | They want to be effective in helping children to learn and develop , and they want to be able to feel pleasure in doing so , and pleased with themselves ( though often they find this a not-quite-nice thing to admit to ) for having done a good job . |
| 4 | Act returned , having done a good time , but not quite good enough , and he knew it . |
| 5 | A year later , having done a super job as Editorial Assistant before going off to university last autumn , we finally got around to organising the lesson ! |
| 6 | Willie Carson will also resting easy after suggestions that he had been wrong to bring about the withdrawal of the red-hot favourite , Superoo , before the start of Ascot 's opening event on Saturday , having done a similar thing with the favourite , Red Paddy , before the Royal Hunt Cup . |
| 7 | A qualified aromatherapist , having done a detailed diagnosis , should be able to blend an oil specially for you . |
| 8 | Having done a fair job for the Lib Dems , perhaps he could now go and help the Tories . |
| 9 | Being one of the most experienced pilots in Bomber Command and having done an instructional tour , meant nothing . |
| 10 | The Lotus , now quite a rare model , came into Gordon 's possession in 1981 and he spent thousands of hours restoring it to mint condition , despite it having done an estimated 200,000 miles . |
| 11 | People just jump straight in , do the first bit , erm , having done the first bit , they then think about how they 're gon na fit in the next bit , and you end up with a rambling mess that er , does n't fit together , does n't work together too well . |
| 12 | But ringing has shown that the same birds return year after year to patrol the same wintering areas , the oldest birds having done the round trip up to 30 times . |
| 13 | Having done the honourable thing , the Emperor now felt himself free and thus it was that on 15 January 1853 he wrote formally to Eugénie 's mother , requesting the hand of her daughter in marriage . |
| 14 | It was bad enough having to do every single bit of the work , rushing like a mad thing because the person who was meant to help you could n't stop talking . |
| 15 | He must n't be expected to make an effort when he does n't feel like it , he must n't risk being hemmed in or bored , but everyone has to be ever so careful of his feelings , poor sensitive soul , and when he wants a good fuck he comes to obliging loving little Ruth because he can relieve himself and have his morale boosted without having to do a damned thing about it but get himself into your bed . ’ |
| 16 | LABOUR last night accused the Conservatives of having to do an embarrassing U-turn over home ownership . |
| 17 | ‘ And Gabby turned out to be particularly good , which saved him from having to do the usual terrible , crap jobs that the Hawaiians had to do , and he ended up playing for a living in just about every joint in Hawaii — and there were lots of them in those days , because live music was a big thing . |
| 18 | I 've just said are you still having to do the six months , it 'll sound as if you 're getting a prison sentence |
| 19 | And it saved you hav it saved you having to do the preliminary thing of saying dear whoever you are |
| 20 | He says that they were only just recovering from making cuts last year , now they 're having to do the same again ; only this time there will be redundancies . |