Example sentences of "[v-ing] [been] [vb pp] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old maestro having been asked to give a last exhibition of his art , no one wished it to go wrong . |
| 2 | They were coming to the end of the motorway — which went nowhere , after the fashion of the country , having been built to please a politician it was said — and both of them knew a bar . |
| 3 | In addition , the right hon. Gentleman does not seem to be aware that , although potential joyriders may not read Hansard , the word about tough sentences having been imposed has a habit of getting around . |
| 4 | 20–3–1877 Duncan McLugash , Elder , confessed " that having been led to use a little whisky for relieving asthmatic tightening of the chest , he regrets that he incautiously allowed himself to go to excess , whereby he was overcome by it . " |
| 5 | Having been inspired to create a ballet by any one of the sources mentioned , choreographers have to decide upon the appropriate materials with which to work . |
| 6 | The fact of these men 's having been guided argues a body of local botanical knowledge as early as the first part of the 17th century . |