Example sentences of "[adj] [v-ing] been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our usual sense of time is dependent on measurable changes proceeding in a linear sequence and this having been thoroughly and very pleasantly disrupted , a kind of musical clairvoyance is created in which past , present and future seem to intermingle . |
| 2 | Only the lower storey of the main mill block survives , plus a few ancillary buildings , this having been imaginatively converted into showrooms , still retaining some of the original iron Venetian mill windows . |
| 3 | He had little conviction that he could fulfil this role properly , his own experience of being fathered having been so grossly inadequate . |
| 4 | I am hungry having been too upset for my morning egg because of a difficulty with the soldiers which Pa refused to do anything about , then heartlessly reproduced the very same egg for my lunch . |
| 5 | Both are US in origin , the Basler Turbo-67 having been around since 1988 and in ‘ production ’ at Oshkosh , Wisconsin , since 1990 . |
| 6 | I was informed that this was the third ’ clip out ’ he had had during the night on that rod , the other two having been either aborted or missed . |
| 7 | Each embodies a core of 20 weeks ' accounting , linked with auditing if necessary , and a degree of flexibility to accommodate work experience programmes in taxation , financial management , insolvency and information technology — the last two having been hitherto restricted to the post-qualification stage . |
| 8 | STAFF : Our staff are friendly and efficient having been thoroughly trained to offer you personal help and advice . |
| 9 | A number of ancient suture zones representing previous plate collisions have been recognized but only a few of these , such as the Urals and the Appalachians formed 300 to 250 MaBP , are major relief features at the present day , most having been extensively eroded and covered by later sediments . |