Example sentences of "having been [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan 's small room , with a metal-framed cot , small table and two chairs , was one of the best in the hotel , having been repainted a sickly pale green only six months earlier . |
| 2 | Everyone in France fervently hoped that , having been denied a grand finale on the Paris stage by a bunch of mean Englishmen in the World Cup , Blanco would get a second chance . |
| 3 | Léonie had discovered that , without ever having been taught a single rule of grammar , she spoke the language perfectly . |
| 4 | Having been given a perfect platform to put Sri Lanka under severe pressure by their openers , the middle order yesterday slumped from 316 for three to 380 all out . |
| 5 | Its Dominican monastery is where the Czech protestant reformer John Huss was imprisoned in 1415 , despite having been given a safe conduct to appear before the Council of Konstanz . |
| 6 | JIMMY CONNORS , who beat John McEnroe in a bitter final eight years ago , returns to Wembley next month , having been given a wild card for the tournament which begins on 7 November , when the 37-year-old faces McEnroe again . |
| 7 | In the five years between then and mid-October 1992 , it has grown to 543 billion , having been given a significant fillip by sterling 's withdrawal from the ERM on 16 September 1992 . |
| 8 | Er I was fully aware of the fact that er you know , some people say , particularly in the fitting departments where experience had taught the fitters , having been given a free hand , er that they accumulated all the parts for a job , or even part of the job , they did certain assemblies you know , until they got all the part pieces assembled ready to combine it into the main unit , erm that experience er was being overtaken by an introduction of smaller units being assembled you know , bit by bit as they were being produced in the machine shop . |
| 9 | The 26-year-old was a free agent having been given a free transfer by the Scottish Premier League club , and flew to Belfast on Friday to complete the deal . |
| 10 | Having been born a socialist |
| 11 | Despite its having been declared an open province at the end of 1988 [ see p. 36934 ] , anti-Indonesian agitation continued in the former Portuguese enclave of East Timor which was annexed after the invasion of 1975 [ see p. 27535 ] . |