Example sentences of "[be] having [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Smith may be very depressed or he may be having a nap . |
| 2 | In chapter 17 it seems that Abraham did not tell Sarah that she would be having a child . |
| 3 | ‘ But then you would n't be having a child , would you ? ’ came the swift , quiet , but strangely disconcerting reply . |
| 4 | When you experience distorted vision , bright lights , loss of appetite , nausea , a severe pain in the head or other symptoms you could very well be having a migraine attack . |
| 5 | Well if they were , if they were going home they would n't be having a starter and a steak and a sweet and all that lot would they ? |
| 6 | I heard you playing your bagpipes in the church and when the Germans started to throw shit all over the village green , I knew that some bastard would be having a word with you . |
| 7 | So after you 've heard from the Factory , Stitch , we 'll — ’ the ‘ we ’ did not include Naseby — ‘ be having a word with Mr James Pegg . ’ |
| 8 | Next month , I will be having a look at some readers ' requests . |
| 9 | Obviously we 'll be having a look at . |
| 10 | We 'll have to go and be having a look at at erm |
| 11 | We 'll be having a look at some B two 's and we 'll pick up this bit about and er the coding when you have a look at that . |
| 12 | They see them at home , it 's all around them , but the use of calculators for example has not really been built yet widely into the curriculum for primary schools , so that is an area that we shall be having a look at . |
| 13 | Oh they 've heard from Gav well she phoned Gavin yesterday apparently and he seems to be having a whale of a time . |
| 14 | They seemed to be having a quarrel . |
| 15 | You two seem to be having a bit of a difference of opinion . |
| 16 | Sometimes you 'd be having a bit of a lark together and Con would draw himself up and say , ‘ This has gone far enough ’ , or , ‘ Have you considered the implications of this course of action ? ’ |
| 17 | Erm and also check whether any of the college dinners this term or year , next term whatever , are going to be having a speaker . |
| 18 | ‘ Frank would be having a conversation with someone , ’ said Allen , ‘ and , halfway through , he would talk about something that had absolutely nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 19 | So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question . |
| 20 | Cos nobody 's gon na be having a conversation . |
| 21 | ‘ You should be having a rest . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You wo n't forget , Birdy ’ ( Birdy ? ) ‘ that you 're supposed to be having a headache , will you ? ’ |
| 23 | Eleven days after he had taken Estabrook to the encampment in Streatham , Chant realized he would soon be having a visitor . |
| 24 | They must be having a party in there . |
| 25 | ‘ Will he be having a party ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 27 | Was that how Nellie 's Mum came to be having a baby , I wondered ? |
| 28 | They thought she might be having a baby , and if she really wanted to hurt them she could tell them she might be . |
| 29 | I was hoping that P & I 's would be having a sale and that I could get a new concordance but she would n't even let me look . |
| 30 | See this new deal this new Rover deal is being signed any day now well we 're having a we 'll be having a ballot any day now . |