Example sentences of "[pron] having the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was ready to fulfil the condition of my having the operation : I had to spend a year ‘ passing ’ as a male in stereotypical working-class jobs . |
| 2 | The car engine continued to run despite my having the ignition key in my pocket ! |
| 3 | Nothing will be imposed by the Department of the Environment without my having the closest opportunity to discuss all this with the islanders and their representatives myself . |
| 4 | And I 'm having the , I 'm er I having the |
| 5 | I having the bag ! |
| 6 | How far such practitioners attempt to facilitate a process in which these less consciously available feelings are related to present attitudes and behaviour must depend , firstly , on their confidence about the validity of such linkages , secondly on their conviction that this is useful , and thirdly on their having the necessary skills . |
| 7 | At a superficial level it produces incompatible definitions so that , despite their having the word in common , Thompson and Anderson use ‘ class ’ in different ways . |
| 8 | Some improvements in operating efficiency are likely to occur under the pressure of the take-over threat , but they depend on managements recognising current weaknesses and on their having the ability to remedy them . |
| 9 | Other than their having the same employer , what does it mean to say that they are each members of the same community ? |
| 10 | Yes my aunt was Mrs David , and goodness me I can remember her having the laces pulled in . |
| 11 | And I said to her having the conservatory does give you a lot more extra space . |
| 12 | Given the commitment to its having the same entry qualifications as the degree , it did not become a clear alternative for large numbers of students . |
| 13 | ‘ Who was she having the affair with ? ’ |
| 14 | Are you having the right kinds of fats ( polyunsaturated rather than hard , saturated fats ) ? |
| 15 | ‘ Are you having the nerve to complain because I ca n't keep my hands off your wonderful body ? ’ he growled with mock-ferocity . |
| 16 | What colour are you having the worktop ? |
| 17 | Cos er , Mark last week said er , he 'd been approached by a wedding to do a disco , he said well I ca n't it 's a Saturday , and then he said well , you know , where are you having the reception , said well we 're looking round at the moment . |
| 18 | So when you having the car back do you think ? |
| 19 | and it was strange , but it was really warm cos you having the window , and ah that was really hot . |
| 20 | erm Are you having the sort of other case first or ? |
| 21 | er , the lads said what are we having the starters like ? |
| 22 | I 'm not the one having the baby , after all . ’ |
| 23 | Well , who really has the right to say Abortion should not be the woman 's right to choose as what it comes down to , no matter how sensible , well-based or factual your argument is , She is the one having the baby . |
| 24 | A basilican church , like these early Christian ones , can be defined as one having the following features : |
| 25 | This would have the effect of segregating and splitting the market and would be likely to attract the attention of the Commission , particularly if one of the licensees objects ( perhaps the one having the least advantageous terms in its licence agreement ) . |
| 26 | All of this would have been enjoyable — or at least bearable — without miserable old mother me having the meanest migraine in living memory . |
| 27 | I could n't imagine any of them having the nerve to stand up to Filmer and demand their money . |
| 28 | I should add that in any event the Bank of England are in my judgment entitled to the presumption of regularity both as to reasonableness and as to the scope of their functions , and Mr. Philipson has not been able to point to any evidence of fact which can not be reconciled with them having the required reasonable opinion . |
| 29 | Some stations stood in the heart of thriving capital cities and teemed with life day and night ; others in desolate fastnesses , where as Dickens remarked of the remote New England depots , ‘ the wild impossibility of anybody having the smallest reason to get out is only equalled by the apparently desperate hopelessness of there being anybody to get in ’ . |
| 30 | Well he is worried about them having an accident with it but , but he 's not er worried about him having the motorbike , no he cos he would have done the same as a er child anyway well things like that , but erm what he 's worried about is that er with Ryan i and the other boy , n not Ryan so much , the other boy does it all the time , they 're churning all the grass up all over there in great big |