Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [v-ing] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Secondly we have not heard of anything that has changed in this county since nineteen eighty sufficient to warrant or justify in this alteration the addition of a policy the effect of which , one one with a similar effect having been thrown out at that time . |
| 3 | The show is held in the Roman Catholic Junior School on the first Tuesday in August , a fixed date having been chosen so everyone always knows when they should aim to have their berries ready . |
| 4 | The manager had watched Rangers play Dundee United at Ibrox last month and has therefore seen Walter Smith 's side put under pressure over two games — a two-goal lead having been lost in Glasgow before Ally McCoist eventually scored the winner . |
| 5 | None of this , however , could obscure the triumph of the Prince 's baptism at Notre Dame on 14 June 1856 , a long delay having been necessary because the Empress had been so weak after the birth that she was unable to leave her bed for months . |
| 6 | Dunlop 's claim could not be supported by any record of a lump-sum payment having been made to Kilpatrick . |
| 7 | The bass has settled in well , with a good compromise having been achieved between a low action and — the enemy of 5-stringers everywhere — fretbuzz on the lower frets , which is barely noticeable here . |
| 8 | J. was a good dancer having been to dancing classes as a small boy , and enjoyed them , in contrast to his younger brother who dug his heels in and absolutely refused to do anything so sissy . |
| 9 | We are such thoroughly visual animals that we hardly realize what a complicated business seeing is . |
| 10 | As a result of n records being allocated , the probability of a given location having been allocated x records is given by the terms of the binomial expression : Thus This expression is precise . |
| 11 | At the other end of the scale , Plymouth Laira gained a small fleet of Class 37s which rarely ventured away from the West Country china clay empire , although a new trainload working was introduced in 1989 which would take them twice a week up to Irvine in South West Scotland . |
| 12 | Yeah a new series Screaming 's on |
| 13 | The path seemed otherwise smooth enough with a no-redundancy policy having been agreed . |
| 14 | same map as in a after solvent flattening was used to improve the phases ; |
| 15 | Vast areas of forests , especially at altitudes above about 600 m , have recently been damaged in Europe with a significant proportion having been severely damaged or even killed . |
| 16 | In fact , Caernarfon is the nearest building Wales has to a royal palace having been owned continuously by the Crown ever since Edward I established it in 1283 . |