Example sentences of "[v-ing] been [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been through the experience , though , may facilitate a certain realism about the conflict in question . ’ |
| 2 | Having been through the spate of using a clapped out vacuum cleaner that did n't do its job , and how different it is now |
| 3 | ‘ Having been to the World Cup finals the last time , I want more then ever to be part of everything and I fancy we can get there again by beating not only Lithuania , but Spain and Northern Ireland as well . |
| 4 | That 's sounds very reasonable but I I er I I ha not having been at the level , form tutor |
| 5 | The introductory leaflet did not mince its words : ‘ It was a period when words contradicted deeds , propaganda realities , and when everyday life was full of fear , hypocrisy , and people felt helpless , having been at the mercy of those in power . ’ |
| 6 | Spencer denied having been at the scene when the attack took place but the jury took just less than twenty minutes to convict him . |
| 7 | Having been at the game with magi , once we had finished the joyous celebrations ( The following christmas : - ) ) we were talking about the killer goal from strach . |
| 8 | Having been at the end of a queue of Germans and Austrians all champing at the bit to go heliskiing , it was our turn . |
| 9 | Having been on the run for nearly four years , Rudi had grown from an early teenager into a young adult . |
| 10 | With all eyes having been on the Government , Labour can get away with one conference like this one . |
| 11 | Having been down the pub , I ai n't voting . |
| 12 | The Schimmel sale was a perfect opening for the nervous novice , as the works were fresh , having been off the market for decades , familiar from exhibitions and publications , and generally trouble-free . |
| 13 | She was very young , 18 or 19 , and relatively immature although much more worldly wise than I was because she had lived a much more international sort of life , and having been around the music scene a lot more than I had , she was streetwise at her age to a greater degree than I — there was no question of that . |
| 14 | In addition , with loans from private collectors as well as museums in Germany and abroad , thirty-eight out of the thirty-nine surviving snuff boxes recorded as having been in the possession of Frederick the Great have been assembled . |
| 15 | The Secretary , Liz Tildesley , was leaving the club as a result of work commitments ; and the Treasurer , Alan Pedley , would not be standing again after having been in the post for six years . |
| 16 | How could she , never before having been in the tube ? |
| 17 | I sometimes think they have a neurosis about not having been in the blitz . ’ |
| 18 | But he admitted to a great sense of satisfaction at having been in the job at a time when the world had ‘ seen the most rapid political changes in the past 50 years ’ , from the end of the Cold War to the dismemberment of the Soviet Union , and the appointment of former POCs like Vaclav Havel to become heads of state . |
| 19 | Over and again eye-witnesses at Verdun testify to the curious sensation of having been in the line twice , three times , without ever having seen an enemy infantryman . |
| 20 | But in South Africa , after having been in the lead for forty-three laps , he had to retire with a seized gear-box . |
| 21 | Despite a review in 1989 , by the end of 1991 half of all senior registrars were accredited , one third of them having been in the grade for over six years . |
| 22 | All three officers were , however , good meteorologists , having been in the Met Office in civilian life and put into uniform for convenience' sake . |
| 23 | There is no record of a dram-bottle from Darwin ever having been in the family ; there is , however , a beautiful silver compass inscribed ‘ Mr. Gould from C. Darwin Esq ’ . |
| 24 | For twenty years she saved up her money for the ‘ round trip ’ , and having been round the world , is now full of memories . |