Having

Examples

• And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He had arranged to stop at Frizinghall that night, having occasion to consult his father on business. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Having, then, taken my drop (bless you! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint, will not leave off their habits of intemperance? Plato. The Republic.
• Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• For these all follow the general principle, and having found that, we shall have no difficulty in discovering them. Plato. The Republic.
• But the gypsies have many laws they do not admit to having. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• I certainly did not see the proof of Mr. Skimpole's worldliness in his having his expenses paid by Richard, but I made no remark about that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• First of all tack tarred building paper to the studding, running the strips up and down and having them catch on every third studding. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Hawley has been having him to dinner lately: there's a fund of talent in Bowyer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• When the bottle is nearly full, the operator quickly withdraws it with one hand, and having a cork ready in the other, he puts it in before the water can rush out. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Having fallen a good deal latterly into the late Sir John's way of always agreeing with my lady, I agreed with her heartily about Rosanna Spearman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He muttered something about leaving unexpectedly, in a great hurry, and having intended to write to her from St. Augustine. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But here there was the difficulty of finding room, so many things having been taken in beforehand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I had never liked Sir Percival, but the manner in which he left Lady Glyde made me feel ashamed of having eaten his bread and lived in his service. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We have elaborate governmental mechanisms--like the tariff, for example, which we go on making more scientific year in, year out--having long since lost sight of their human purpose. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Take at one dose at 10 o’clock in the morning, having eaten no breakfast and having taken a full dose of Rochelle salts the previous night. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• She had her queer, radiant, breathless manner, as if confused by the actual world, unreal to it, having a complete bright world of her self alone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Only I am not having any. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Wines, currants, and wrought silks, were the only goods which did not fall within this rule, having other and more advantageous allowances. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Perhaps he did, having just left a pleasant little smoking-party of twelve medical students, in a small back parlour with a large fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There were even moments when she was conscious of having to pay her way. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• It was a tentative reply, the man having a seafaring appearance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I didn't mean to go down, having no dress. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You are lucky in having such a master. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Then Hubbard discovered a young man in Washington who impressed him as having remarkable executive ability. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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