Example sentences of "having just [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the Spanish Air Force having just retired the remainder of their Caribou fleet , the number of these workhorses are available for the civilian or governmental market is increasing . |
| 2 | Further material presents itself in 1816 concerning George Benson " a tenant of the copper works at Coniston " having just made a start and promising to pay one-twelfth to her Ladyship . |
| 3 | The pregnant woman , having just made a face at the taste of the spicy chicken wings , just as Belinda had done , was about to take a sip of Greg 's very strong gin and tonic . |
| 4 | The error was then compounded when , having just missed the green with his fourth shot , his chip ‘ took off ’ and he three-putted . |
| 5 | Having just given a lot of money back . |
| 6 | Tribe caught them up as they were attacking a pair of two-seaters which were climbing away from the British Line , if there still was one , having just bombed an artillery position . |
| 7 | Here for instance is her rendering of Emma Woodhouse 's thoughts , having just received a most unwelcome proposal of marriage from Mr Elton whom she had supposed to be in love with her protégée , Harriet , as a result of her own matchmaking contrivances : |
| 8 | Having just received the whole kingdom from him , they ca n't wait to get rid of him . |
| 9 | Rangers , having just survived a lucky escape , launched their first attack . |
| 10 | I am prepared — delighted even — to indulge in a little D-I-Y ( having just built a cabinet and hood for my 36″ × 18″ × 18″ and got the taste for it … ) . |
| 11 | Two a.m. the next morning found me dragging my aching body and borrowed paste board back towards home , having just stuck the last piece in place . |
| 12 | Having just had a row with the acerbic Redwood , Kelly decided to apply for the job as assistant to whoever the new paper appointed as their Belfast representative . |
| 13 | Maggie was sitting reading a magazine when Laura came into the kitchen having just got the twins off to sleep . |
| 14 | Having just enjoyed a week of Walt Disney World entertainment and corporate culture in Orlando , Florida , this second story no longer seems entirely incredible . |
| 15 | Four years ago an enterprising film producer arrived in Hollywood , having just acquired the film rights to a book on the life of Andy Warhol . |
| 16 | Not , she told herself , that she was used to it , but having just married a man who had to be a millionaire several times over … |
| 17 | Having just produced the film of Gore Vidal 's political play The Best Man , Turman started to consider making the movie from Webb 's book . |
| 18 | Having just read the article on Dumfries and Galloway by Barry Ward , I was both delighted and slightly amused . |
| 19 | HAVING just read the letters section in the April edition of Rugby World & Post , I feel that I must support the opinions expressed by Mr. Schwabb and Mr. Porter . |
| 20 | She did not add that it had blood on it , although she knew that too , having just read the forensic report . |
| 21 | HAVING JUST read the article by Audrey Hepburn on the starving children in Somalia ( they need £10m just until Christmas ) , would n't it be a wonderful gesture to donate the proceeds from the Children in Need Appeal to this cause just for this year ? |
| 22 | Nutty , having just thought the same thing changed her mind instantly . |
| 23 | Having just purchased a lovely thoroughbred mare , I have been considering various events I could take up . |
| 24 | Having just finished a talk to a class of candidates for the ministry in a major denomination I was ‘ verbally assaulted ’ by the principal of the theological college concerned who picked up on a brief reference I made to Creation and Evolution and proceeded to state in the strongest possible terms that many true Christians believe in the theory of evolution and reject the biblical account of a literal six day creation as recorded in Genesis . |
| 25 | David was in his room washing his hands , having just finished the last of the medicals , and he turned from the sink as Rachel knocked and entered . |
| 26 | In 1290 , however , having just expelled the Jews , Edward elicited a ready grant of a tenth from both provinces . |
| 27 | Having just spent a few nights in a major-accident ward , I 'd rather be late than hurry . ’ |