Example sentences of "[v-ing] been the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , having been the rebel from the NHS , I had turned maverick and become the rebel of Bristol . |
| 2 | As a career move , it was a disaster : for the past 300 years , he has been remembered almost solely for having been the butt of some of Dryden 's most swingeing satirical couplets . |
| 3 | Well Spinks did well to win the place from the young Australian this season with Bosnich having been the man in possession of the goalkeeper 's gloves most of last season . |
| 4 | One could say that the sentence ‘ It was the knave of hearts who stole the tarts ’ puts the state of affairs of its having been the knave of hearts who stole the tarts upon the mat for discussion . |
| 5 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 6 | For , as we shall see , the topic we are about to review has many different strands , having been the subject of extensive and increasingly systematic enquiry from several different points of view that have taken it well beyond the realm of intuitive speculation from which it began . |
| 7 | In Steele v. Williams , the judgment of Martin B. was certainly on the basis that the money , having been the subject of an ultra vires demand by a public officer , was as such recoverable . |
| 8 | Perversely , a settlement which is seen as having been the subject of more bitter dispute may persuade voters that nothing was given away too lightly . |
| 9 | November 1985 saw the retirement of Mr. Joe Blackshaw , who had completed 20 years as Caretaker , having been the groundsman for the previous 20 . |
| 10 | There was a report on Bill Proudfoot 's departure from Australia in August 1968 , having been the Manager since 1961 . |
| 11 | Charles Barry Junior , who chaired the lecture , spoke warmly of ‘ his great , his exceeding kindness to all those younger than himself ’ , having been the recipient of many instances of it in his own career . |
| 12 | Having been the apple of Tom Tremayne 's eye , since his death Liza increasingly craved any man 's attention and admiration . |