Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan of the ‘ villa ’ thus exhibits unusual features , the main focus apparently having been on bathing and eating . |
| 2 | Marie could not remember ever having been inside a hospital before . |
| 3 | And of course there was no question of her having escaped from a mental hospital or of ever having been in one . |
| 4 | There is no record of a dram-bottle from Darwin ever having been in the family ; there is , however , a beautiful silver compass inscribed ‘ Mr. Gould from C. Darwin Esq ’ . |
| 5 | Aquitaine , still English , had not attracted much attention from either side since 1413 , the military emphasis since then having been on northern France . |
| 6 | Nader Nadirpur came home late having been for a drive along the Bois de Boulogne to calm his nerves after a particularly bad day . |
| 7 | Roth 's influence was less as a teacher , there having been during his lifetime much less scope than later for Jewish studies in Britain , than as a writer and lecturer . |
| 8 | Lucker drops out of nowhere having been for a pee . |
| 9 | Never having been aboard a ship before , she found she had a natural liking for the sea life : she suffered no seasickness at all , and as João had sent an excellent chef to cook her meals , she dined well and developed a taste for the green wine of Portugal . |
| 10 | Indeed , I recall that shortly after Miss Kenton 's departure to Cornwall in 1936 , myself never having been to that part of the country , I would often glance through Volume III of Mrs Symons 's work , the volume which describes to readers the delights of Devon and Cornwall , complete with photographs and — to my mind even more evocative — a variety of artists ' sketches of that region . |
| 11 | Never having been to London before , all my notions came from newsreels and movies like Oliver Twist , Sherlock Holmes and Mary Poppins . |
| 12 | Never having been to London before , all my notions came from newsreels and movies like Oliver Twist , Sherlock Holmes and Mary Poppins . |