Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] [prep] those " in BNC.

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1 There is a display also of various types of mountain refuge or cabin , from which you can judge how extremely uncomfortable it must have been for those invited by Count Russell to share his quarters on his favourite mountain of Vignemale , for the so-called ‘ Russell ’ is quite the most Spartan of shelters , little more than a hollow scooped out under an overhanging rock .
2 It might well be that upon their selection the Roman Catholics were appraised of the atmosphere in England and advised not to be too obvious in their worship , galling though that would have been to those proud and independent men .
3 This scheme evokes strong doubts from some area officers and bureaux managers who may not have been among those who carried the vote to accept the plans .
4 These herbs would have been among those grown for medicinal purposes by the monks in days gone by and they may well have been planted by ponds stocked with carp in the grounds of the monastery .
5 Stallholder Pete would have been among those killed and Wicksy would have been paralysed .
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