Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be having [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You do n't even need to be having a nervous breakdown to become a burden to a priest husband , you know .
2 He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera .
3 The Fatah leadership was reported to be having an emergency meeting in Tunis as a result of the reports .
4 I asked had a very heated discussion erm where I si wanting to be having the careers teachers in and working with the forms etcetera and doing it , the er job wise and he would n't entertain at all
5 Was that how Nellie 's Mum came to be having a baby , I wondered ?
6 Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened .
7 I mean , she seemed to be having a good time .
8 They all seemed to be having a lot of fun , and I envied them , but the thought of jiving in a tight blue skirt and Waaf knickers was quite impossible .
9 They seemed to be having a quarrel .
10 Cawthorne seemed to be having a private party .
11 The heat seemed to be having a heady effect on her , Lindsey thought faintly .
12 Erm and also check whether any of the college dinners this term or year , next term whatever , are going to be having a speaker .
13 Next Sunday at this time we 're going to be having a a service of rededication for the leaders of our organizations .
14 at the minute because we 're going to be having a new one here anyway .
15 They never seem to be having a great time .
16 To an Elf or a Dwarf , they seem to be having a violent argument .
17 You two seem to be having a bit of a difference of opinion .
18 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 .
19 If the woman she 'd spoken to was having a break , she would n't be back to her desk before two o'clock .
20 A JOINT operation by Wirral Council and Merseyside Police appears to be having an impact on cockling problems in the Dee Estuary .
21 Oh they 've heard from Gav well she phoned Gavin yesterday apparently and he seems to be having a whale of a time .
22 Lack of loadings have forced the two trips on July 15 and July 29 to go to the wall and FSS spokesman John Leech said : ‘ The recession still seems to be having an effect on the way people spend their money . ’
23 Similarly , the depletion of the ozone layer , also due to human activity , was believed to be having a cooling effect .
24 The loss of the ozone layer is also believed to be having a cooling effect .
25 That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time .
26 Terry appeared to be having a nervous breakdown ; her mother was foolishly trying to be everything to everybody and only succeeded in adding to the confusion .
27 Cos nobody 's gon na be having a conversation .
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