Example sentences of "[v-ing] [been] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kate , having been prepared for a fight over the amount of her luggage , was left with the wind taken out of her sails . |
| 2 | Parliament elects a President for a four-year term ( the current President , Wee Kim Wee , having been re-elected for a second term in August 1989 — see below ) who appoints a Cabinet headed by a Prime Minister and responsible to Parliament . |
| 3 | It had the same feeling of having been created for a special , mystical purpose . |
| 4 | There was also speculation concerning the health of both Taufa'ahau Tupou and his aged Prime Minister , the former having cancelled a state visit to Japan in order to travel to Australia for medical treatment , the latter having been incapacitated for a number of years after suffering a stroke . |
| 5 | If not all temporary workers are distinguishable by having been recruited for a pre-determined period of time , we might ask how they are distinguishable . |
| 6 | Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose . |