Example sentences of "[v-ing] been [prep] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Having been without a tutor-organiser since 1958 , Essex Federation representatives on the District Council have suggested from time to time that other counties might benefit from following their example . |
| 3 | Nader Nadirpur came home late having been for a drive along the Bois de Boulogne to calm his nerves after a particularly bad day . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Having been at the end of a queue of Germans and Austrians all champing at the bit to go heliskiing , it was our turn . |
| 7 | ‘ A night out with John Minton , ’ Lehmann recorded in his diary in October 1951 , ‘ for which he arrived with a bunch of carnations in the wildest , gayest form , having been on a jag for three nights — and continued it that night in spite of my attempts at restraint ( which were spoiled by laughing all the time ) , flinging his arms about , shouting shrilly with highly risqué asseverations at the White Tower ( at which Tennessee [ Williams ] appeared for a hallucinatory moment ) , becoming embarrassingly affectionate and enthusiastic about me , and pouring money out for champagne in the Caribbean and another unidentified night club . ’ |
| 8 | Having been on the run for nearly four years , Rudi had grown from an early teenager into a young adult . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Let me give you one or two specific examples , I 'm always interested , having been in a college for thirty five years in adult education , I 'm interested in the primary schools and I must admit I get more job satisfaction the moment we go in a primary schools than ever I had when I was in the college itself ! |
| 11 | Having been in the militia in 1910 , when he was 14 , on the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Army as a private in the Western Universities Battalion and was soon promoted NCO . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But in South Africa , after having been in the lead for forty-three laps , he had to retire with a seized gear-box . |
| 16 | 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 . |