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 .
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