Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figure facing the monster is also horned and is thrusting his spear into a snake-like head , three arms droop down having been similarly despatched . |
| 2 | The plan of the ‘ villa ’ thus exhibits unusual features , the main focus apparently having been on bathing and eating . |
| 3 | On the weekend Aug. 22-23 three African migrants were found drowned near Tarifa , apparently having been dumped offshore [ see also p. 38982 ] . |
| 4 | They may , however , not be exactly what the author would have preferred , as a colour plate which is readily available ( perhaps having been used in another publication ) is much cheaper to use than a new plate which has to be commissioned . |
| 5 | The family was clearly influential , perhaps having been helped by his brother who was archbishop of Canterbury , and a third brother was an alderman , although he never became mayor . |
| 6 | These men who , with their fists , knocked others insensible , the art of doing so having been passed down as a necessary part of their growing up , had evidently never had to deal with a fainting female before ; and when the big , fat , enormous-breasted woman came into the kitchen , bawling , ‘ What the hell d' you think you 're at ! |
| 7 | He had had a long and tiring journey , flights from Frankfurt , Heathrow and Glasgow all having been delayed or cancelled . |
| 8 | The decoration around the windows and along the string-course is delightful , the corbels especially having been sculpted into a strange and compelling variety of animals , monsters and more or less human figures . |
| 9 | Behind them he saw a pair of horses , obviously having been warned off , turning to ride through a field , the colours of the riders ' helmets very bright against the pale , cold , February sky . |
| 10 | A few miles further down the road they came on a group of Italians with rifles waving at them to stop , obviously having been alerted by the German post . |
| 11 | The public bar was a large L shaped room , one half of the L obviously having been a separate snug before the modernisation . |
| 12 | ‘ Obviously having been a player here I desperately hope the club can pull out of trouble . ’ |
| 13 | Only part of this extensive cloth and flock mill remains , much having been destroyed by fire . |
| 14 | I 've served on that one , and the whole business of the organisation has generally speaking been run by the executive and not by a full council . |
| 15 | anyway having been |
| 16 | Nothing to do with the suicide , of course , just having been there . |
| 17 | Where these is no need for a retained iron structure to accept enlarged loads and it is apparent that the metal members are in food condition , not having been subjected to detrimental modifications , the chief consideration in re-using the installation is to achieve an acceptable standard of fire resistance . |
| 18 | This was because the £3 3s. 0d. subscription was still the same as in 1907 not having been increased , making the return on the bond if taken as golf still only around the 3% level , clearly the capital could earn better interest elsewhere . |
| 19 | As I walked in the door I was greeted by a new son and a strange emotional mixture of delight and disappointment at not having been there . |
| 20 | The greatest mistake was the conflict of lights — the windows not having been darkened , though countless thousands of wax candles were lighted . |
| 21 | I am writing to apologise for not having been in touch to arrange a time to visit your new editing facility in Wellington Square . |
| 22 | you are regarded as not having been made redundant at all ; |
| 23 | In his report , Coleman suggested that the ‘ prodigious loss of horses was due to expert advice not having been sought when the outbreak started ’ . |
| 24 | Do not use a social setting for suddenly coming out with all the reservations you may have or the frustrations you may feel at not having been consulted properly . |
| 25 | The first sign that you are making real progress in learning to fly is that such mishaps become rarer and , eventually , uncommon despite the model not having been changed in any way . |
| 26 | The census of 1785 confirms that the Titfords were still on Pig Street , not having been driven out by the noise of falling stone or splintering wood ; not that noise would have been anything unusual for them — they already had Thomas Addams ' blacksmith 's shop down the street , and the ringing sound of metal on metal emanating from there must have mingled nicely with the constant clip-clop of horses ' hooves as Henry Webley went about his business as the Bristol carrier a few doors away . |
| 27 | ‘ And though some people may damn me irrevocably and for ever , in the nature of things my profession and my work will open new relations to me , that much fresher for not having been frozen , hardened , and made sterile by old prejudices . ’ |
| 28 | As the plane from London bounced along the runway at Ciampino airport , Nora congratulated herself on not having been sick , even during the bumpy moments as they flew over the Alps . |
| 29 | Not having been trained in school formalities , there is no reason why they should associate her test questions with the need to make explicit answers , or why they should pretend that the questioner is not there as the ‘ detached ’ answer requires . |
| 30 | And indeed , as Daly sees women as having become ‘ mutants ’ or ‘ fembots ’ , so Millett sees them as not having been allowed to participate in fully ‘ human ’ activities ( which she characterises as those that are most remote from the biological contingencies of life ) , and Frye sees them as simply ‘ broken ’ and then ‘ remade ’ in the way that suits their masters . |