Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] having [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You should be having a rest . ’ |
2 | or not w w we should be having a bridge or a |
3 | Hopefully I should be having a car soon . |
4 | I should be having a car soon anyway . |
5 | It 's extremely improbable that someone who is working with people like Bill Mishkin and Bill Saltman should be having an affair with someone like Rose . |
6 | Mungo thought she must be having a fit . |
7 | They must be having a party in there . |
8 | They thought she might be having a baby , and if she really wanted to hurt them she could tell them she might be . |
9 | Er it might be putting a sign up on the , on the fence saying beware of the dog , it might be having a gravel drive . |
10 | Er well could we have the P A and lights , we might be having an event |
11 | Obviously we 'll be having a look at . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Later in the programme we 'll be having a report from Molyneux looking at all the local games in detail . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | You said you would , that I 'll be having a bath and then we can do that |
16 | But I learned about the problem that has dogged him from race one , and he confirmed to me : ‘ At the end of the season I 'll be having an operation . ’ |
17 | 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 ? ’ |
18 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
19 | ‘ We thought you 'd be having a job getting there so we gave you plenty of time . |
20 | Just imagine now , my dear brethren , if the modernists had their way we 'd be having a banjo up there for an organ — sorry Miss Baker ! |
21 | ‘ If I was a man , I believe you 'd be having an affair with me . |
22 | ‘ I still think you 'd be having an affair with me if I was a man , ’ she said . |
23 | Mr Smith may be very depressed or he may be having a nap . |
24 | Parents believe the recession may be having an effect on some people 's ability to pay the £10,000 a year fees , but the college needs the money . |
25 | That line of analysis tends to indicate that when one is interpreting s740(3) and the meaning of the expression " relevant income " ( meaning " income which can directly or indirectly be used for providing a benefit for an individual or for enabling a benefit to be provided for him " ) the taxpayer may be having the benefit of a slightly generous interpretation if the Revenue permit , in any year in which income arises , the amount of the relevant income in that year to be reduced by the amount of expenditure incurred in that year . |
26 | In chapter 17 it seems that Abraham did not tell Sarah that she would be having a child . |
27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
28 | 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 . |
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 | 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 . |