Example sentences of "of [v-ing] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared with what we find in Naipaul 's novel , however , Conrad 's Costaguana is a country of the mind : it has the air of having been built to accommodate his meanings . |
| 2 | By the end , with an extended sermon on the emptiness of individualist ethics , he is pleading for a return to the benevolence in public affairs which Thatcher can not supply by nature of having been denied her mother 's breast , given the wrong sort of potty training , etc . |
| 3 | The drawing and new evidence about cars suspected of having been used by the bombers , has prompted police to call 1,500 Deal residents for further interviews later this week with 50 officers at a church hall . |
| 4 | And for other girls in Carlen 's study , the scars of having been in care are more vivid . |
| 5 | He carries the burden of having been sworn in just before the US operations began , and he remains in hiding under the protection of the United States . |
| 6 | Given his head at the Republican convention of 1952 he accused the Democrats of having been in charge of ‘ twenty years of treason ’ , a phrase which stuck , much to the Republican advantage . |
| 7 | It had the same feeling of having been created for a special , mystical purpose . |
| 8 | Lady after lady breathed heavier when Pen dashed in and out , and on the days when Wilson was a little late with the supper — which she now undertook to provide — on account of having been delayed taking tea with Mrs Browning there was not a word of complaint but only a diffident enquiry as to how the venerable poetess had seemed . |
| 9 | With a feeling of having been unexpectedly let out of school , I drove over the hills on the road to Reading and coasted along the unfenced part of the Quillersedge Estate until I thought I 'd come more or less to where Gareth had dropped the paint : parked off the road there and searched more closely for the place on foot . |
| 10 | Few of the exhibits , which are expected to fetch around £100,000 in total , come with a guarantee of having been used in any particular film or show . |
| 11 | Watching her , Trent recalled sailing towards what he had expected to be his death the previous morning on Golden Girl … his sense of deprivation , of having been robbed of his right to a normal life . |
| 12 | Much of what is seen , furthermore , the ‘ reality ’ of the narrator 's experience , conveys the impression of having been seen already . |
| 13 | His clothes became increasingly impoverished , his frame thinner ; a hunted look appeared in his eyes , and on his last visits , he would spend long periods staring into space , oblivious of his lordship 's presence or , sometimes , even of having been addressed . |
| 14 | His guards had been unable to intercept a single raider , in spite of having been warned of the exercise . |
| 15 | He also spoke critically about the Benghazi raid , in spite of having been warned not to by an officer in the Operations branch . |
| 16 | There 's an acute sense of having been betrayed or wronged . |
| 17 | Another wonderful view was the truck , showing no signs of having been surrounded by angry aluminium workers attempting to tow it away . |
| 18 | It is at least possible that their features came from their father 's side of the family , judging from an anecdote which Herbert told of having been on holiday at the Cape as a young man . |
| 19 | At this moment four others sought refuge in my room , crying and writhing in pain , although their garments showed no signs of having been touched by flame . |
| 20 | I had the advantage of having been in the Civil Service in the war and [ was ] even offered establishment in the Treasury as a permanent thing . |
| 21 | Soon afterwards Tulkinghorn is murdered and George is arrested on suspicion of having been his killer . |
| 22 | The importance of their being formed at random can not be overemphasized ; control groups start life the same as experimental groups in all respects simply by virtue of having been formed at random . |
| 23 | I think this feeling of having been rejected must be the hardest thing for any adopted child to cope with . |
| 24 | It has often been said that heads are recruited largely on the basis of having been successful classroom teachers and are therefore appointed to a new task on the basis of their ability in a different job . |
| 25 | Consulting sex manuals might help , but one of the benefits of having been married a number of years should be a deeper understanding of your partner and of what will give pleasure . |
| 26 | Marie-Claire Alain makes a wonderful sound on the organ of the Vienna Konzerthaus , and at least this disc has the advantage of having been made withe the organ and orchestra in the same building . |
| 27 | Show the candidate to the door and say goodbye while shaking hands so that the interview is properly rounded off and the candidate leaves with the impression of having been dealt with fairly and politely . |
| 28 | He is entitled to reject a nomination only if the nomination paper does not conform to requirements ( 1983 Act , sch.1 , paras.12,15 ) or if a candidate is disqualified by reason of having been ordered to be detained or imprisoned for more than one year in the British Islands or the Republic of Ireland in respect of an offence or offences of which he has been found guilty ( Representation of the People Act 1981 , s.1 ) . |
| 29 | The mere fact of having been cast in the role of daughter , daughter-in-law , son or son-in-law does not automatically endow any of us with the ability to play that part to perfection , particularly when it begins to need more than smiles and pleasantries at family gatherings , and demands qualities of patience , perseverance and insight , and the regular visiting of a lonely and possibly disabled old person . |
| 30 | Wayne was enchanted to see Hermia and Perdita , and gave the appearance of having been searching for them all day . |