Example sentences of "having [been] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most entertaining tale came late afternoon , with anonymous telephone calls stating that a nosey employee of Marks & Spencer ( down 1 at 329p ) having been called in to deputy chairman Clinton Silver 's office , saw a piece of paper suggesting the retailer was set to bid the debt-laden supermarket group , Asda ( off ½ at 31p ) . |
| 2 | Certain sections , when they fall into deep shadow , give the effect of having been gouged out in order to show the interior as well as the exterior structure of the head . |
| 3 | The men , all of whom had been captured after having been shot down over enemy territory , gave their names , sent greetings to their families and made statements critical of the war . |
| 4 | There is widespread disbelief among Germany 's camp followers , then , that tonight 's match may not be a complete sell-out at Ibrox in spite of thousands of tickets having been given away to youth organisations . |
| 5 | ‘ At Mike Mahoney 's down in Marsh Street they were laying odds on thee having been cut up for cats-meat . ’ |
| 6 | I played dumb , having been cut off in mid-flow . |
| 7 | We arrive to witness a near riot — the dull hungry eyes of the children having been lit up by fear that the food is about to run out . |
| 8 | Those who observed the Scots without the disadvantages of succumbing to rheumatism or feeling the humiliation of having failed to conquer them — or having been brought up in luxury in France — could see beyond the poverty to these characteristics . |
| 9 | The contacts between the Lemass and O'Neill governments were seen as having been brought about by pressure from Britain , and as a result ‘ O'Neill has got his orders to play down discrimination ’ . |
| 10 | 2.7 If at any time any Works are carried out otherwise than in accordance with the Building Documents and this fact might [ reasonably ] have been expected to be apparent on visual inspection to the Surveyors on the first occasion following the carrying out of the relevant Works on which they actually inspected the same pursuant to clause 2.5 ( " Relevant Inspection " ) then unless within [ 5 ] working days after the date of the Relevant Inspection ( time being of the essence ) the Surveyors have served on the Architect a Defects Notice in respect of such non-compliance the relevant Works shall be treated for all purposes of this agreement as having been carried out in accordance with the Building Documents This provision should be deleted . |
| 11 | Having been educated mainly at home , she attended Cheltenham Ladies ' College from 1881 to 1882 and was encouraged by the headmistress , Dorothea Beale [ q.v. ] , to become a writer . |
| 12 | At international level , his career also developed rapidly but , having been promoted heavily in advance of the 1986 World Cup , he was forced to face major disappointments . |
| 13 | Nor , for that matter , are they all able to make first-hand experiments with teaching style , some of them having been promoted out of contact with the pupils . |