Example sentences of "having [been] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answering a question is a reaction to having been asked a question . |
| 2 | Eden was so angry at having been made a fool of that the Director General of MI6 , Sir John ‘ Sinbad ’ Sinclair , was obliged to retire prematurely and was replaced by the head of MI5 , Sir Dick White . |
| 3 | Butterworth was ‘ on the skids ’ , having been made a scapegoat by Acheson for the bankruptcy of American policy in China ; Butterworth would shortly be posted abroad , which was correct as he soon afterwards departed to be American minister in Stockholm . |
| 4 | His relief at not having been made a fool of was matched by his curiosity to find out who the devil he was , this man Iying chest down on the wet flagstones , face turned to one side as though asleep . |
| 5 | ONE OF the world 's major orchid shows is to open in Glasgow in May , in spite of the event 's having been dubbed a fiasco less than a month ago . |
| 6 | Having been elected a member of the executive committee in 1937 , he took Ayliffe 's place as editor of The Deaf Quarterly News in 1944 . |
| 7 | Duncan 's small room , with a metal-framed cot , small table and two chairs , was one of the best in the hotel , having been repainted a sickly pale green only six months earlier . |
| 8 | Everyone in France fervently hoped that , having been denied a grand finale on the Paris stage by a bunch of mean Englishmen in the World Cup , Blanco would get a second chance . |
| 9 | Léonie had discovered that , without ever having been taught a single rule of grammar , she spoke the language perfectly . |
| 10 | JIMMY CONNORS , who beat John McEnroe in a bitter final eight years ago , returns to Wembley next month , having been given a wild card for the tournament which begins on 7 November , when the 37-year-old faces McEnroe again . |
| 11 | These would subsequently be tried out and evaluated in the classroom , the teacher having been given a set of possible procedures for doing this . |
| 12 | Its Dominican monastery is where the Czech protestant reformer John Huss was imprisoned in 1415 , despite having been given a safe conduct to appear before the Council of Konstanz . |
| 13 | Er I was fully aware of the fact that er you know , some people say , particularly in the fitting departments where experience had taught the fitters , having been given a free hand , er that they accumulated all the parts for a job , or even part of the job , they did certain assemblies you know , until they got all the part pieces assembled ready to combine it into the main unit , erm that experience er was being overtaken by an introduction of smaller units being assembled you know , bit by bit as they were being produced in the machine shop . |
| 14 | In the five years between then and mid-October 1992 , it has grown to 543 billion , having been given a significant fillip by sterling 's withdrawal from the ERM on 16 September 1992 . |
| 15 | The 26-year-old was a free agent having been given a free transfer by the Scottish Premier League club , and flew to Belfast on Friday to complete the deal . |
| 16 | Erwin Guzmán Gutiérrez , one of the country 's leading drug traffickers thought to be closely linked with the Colombian Calí cartel , surrendered on July 11 after having been given a guarantee of " juridical security " . |
| 17 | Having been given a perfect platform to put Sri Lanka under severe pressure by their openers , the middle order yesterday slumped from 316 for three to 380 all out . |
| 18 | Having been born a socialist |
| 19 | Steve Foley has become Colchester 's caretaker-manager for a second time , Jock Wallace having been appointed a director last week — ‘ I will do all in my power to help the club , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Consulting sex manuals might help , but one of the benefits of having been married a number of years should be a deeper understanding of your partner and of what will give pleasure . |
| 21 | All went well , and he was duly admitted to St Paul 's College in Cheltenham from the Islington Trinity National School , having been awarded a Queen 's Scholarship , second class . |
| 22 | Though ill , old and partially blind he went , having been offered a ‘ litter ’ by the Duke of Tuscany , though Venice had offered sanctuary . |
| 23 | In or about June 1987 , Mr. Burt met the appellant , whom he said he had heard of from his doing accountancy work for others , and he understood from the appellant , having been shown a curriculum vitae and other documents , that he was an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants , and a graduate or member of the Institute of Marketing . |