Example sentences of "[v-ing] [been] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denys Darlow said : ‘ Having been a church musician since the age of eight as a chorister and later as an organist and choirmaster , the words of the Te Deum became a constant recurrence in my life and grew in significance as I grew older . ’ |
| 2 | It was the same mentality that led him into the folie de grandeur of thinking that , having been a champion driver , he was also fitted to run a motor-racing team — indeed , to think that he was better fitted to do so than those for whom he had worked and driven . |
| 3 | I 've never fancied the stars , having been a computer programmer in early life , but it may be a truth that mathematicians are often superstitious . ’ |
| 4 | The Stroud district of Gloucestershire was well developed ‘ Stroudwaters ’ having been a household name for nearly a century . |
| 5 | ‘ a very long boy , with a very little head , and an open mouth of disproportionate capacity ’ , devotedly attached to Betty Higden who has rescued him from the workhouse in which he has been brought up , having been a foundling child . |
| 6 | ‘ There are these constant references to me having been a Playboy Bunny , and a pin-up photo taken when I was 18 , that ended up as Miss March on a beer calendar . |
| 7 | ‘ Having been a serving officer I know when someone 's had a drink . |
| 8 | The present Lord Glenconner is Colin Tennant , close friend of Princess Margaret who owns a luxury villa on his estate on the Caribbean island of Mustique , the villa having been a wedding present from his lordship . |
| 9 | previously having been the project co-ordinator of the Hackney Agency for Music Marketing Action ( HAMMA ) . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's admitted having been the lad person to see His Royal Highness , ’ he said sulkily . |