Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He starts with the disadvantage of having been wrong in the past . |
| 2 | It confronts ambiguities , including the guilt feelings of having been unfaithful in transient affairs ; casual encounters which now seem a pointless betrayal . |
| 3 | However , she gave no sign of having been aware of its presence , and watched with interest while he pointed to a red line that wandered over the map . |
| 4 | Even the novelist George Gissing , who was ‘ no friend of the people ’ and who was the most scathing critic of so many aspects of the new popular culture , has his fictional alter ego Henry Ryecroft recalling the pleasures of having been young in London , of the public houses with their ‘ pints of foaming ale ’ and the supper bars with their ‘ sausage and mash ’ , of the theatres where one could ‘ roll and hustle with the throng at the pit-door ’ , and of walking home singing as he went . |
| 5 | According to The Famous Grouse Director , Matthew Gloag , the company 's interest in the next year 's tournament in Edinburgh had been almost a foregone conclusion due to the enormous benefits of having been involved in the 1991 World Cup . |