Example sentences of "having [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had wanted children for years : not having them had been the one drawback to marrying late . |
| 2 | His supervisor , engineering and operational research lecturer Jean Tunnicliffe-Wilson , says much of the satisfaction is not only in suggesting ideas but having them tested in practice . |
| 3 | His supervisor engineering and operational research lecturer Jean Tunnicliffe-Wilson , says much of the satisfaction is not only in suggesting ideas but having them tested in practice . |
| 4 | Of the seven or eight countries that secretly have nuclear weapons , or are close to having them , only one ( India ) started building a bomb because it was worried about one of the big five ( China ) . |
| 5 | The properties of a species necessarily belong to things of that kind , and the essence , or definition , of that species is the cause , or reason , for their having them . |
| 6 | People enjoyed visiting it , so she enjoyed having them . |
| 7 | If you are running a rally aimed at inspiring and motivating people , do n't start by having them arrive in a strange city to find the car park full , the nearest suitable alternative two miles away and no taxis available because it 's Sunday evening and pouring with rain . |
| 8 | These kings were , for instance , fully alive to the prestigious military developments of the day , and determined to add to their prestige at home by having them . |
| 9 | You may be surprised to find that gutters and downpipes are regarded as luxuries by most kit garage manufacturers , and having them as part of the kit can add as much as £150 to the price on large double garages . |
| 10 | Trent had told him to keep it ; whether they had been on board or not , he would have spent the afternoon on the reef — having them along was a pleasure . |
| 11 | Grandmothers would help them by minding the children after school , cooking their dinners , and sometimes having them overnight . |
| 12 | So that I can be sure of having them always , |
| 13 | Could one , indeed , evaluate the effects of the doctors themselves , and , if not , what was the good of having them ? |
| 14 | If aids or alterations such as handrails or alarm buttons are likely to be needed , the nurse may liaise with an occupational therapist and social worker about having them supplied . |
| 15 | We were having them simply marching across the proscenium curtain . |
| 16 | And if we do n't have kids we are either trying to have them or wondering why we 're not having them ( maybe we have n't settled down like all our friends : is something wrong with us ? ) . |
| 17 | Hoomey thought back , and could not remember having them when he had run home through the rain . |
| 18 | It seems that for some time the firm had been issuing such promissory notes and having them endorsed by its local bank in Bihać ( where , incidentally , the partisans held the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 19 | But he was overruled by the others ; one judge said ‘ you had better appoint them judges ; and then I will retire , because I see no use in having them to act in the same capacity in which we are acting ourselves ’ . |
| 20 | There is also a far greater chance of tackling the issues the schools feels are important and not having them lost in the large number of demands from outside . |
| 21 | This brought forth the usual gales of laughter and requests to pull the other one , stop having them on , etc . |
| 22 | But I 'm not having them shoving their noses in . |
| 23 | If the birth-rate is rising , we can discover whether this is due to women bearing more children or having them younger , so that the generations succeed one another more rapidly . |
| 24 | Mind you I would n't recommend having them next door like I did when I lived in South London . |
| 25 | She was n't going to tell that fear to anyone though ; she was n't having them prying or saying that Dorothy ought to be glad of a new brother or sister . |
| 26 | ‘ He 'd keep them because he liked the feeling of having them and because he might like to use them some day . |
| 27 | Next comes grandson William Gylby , wealthy London lawyer who made great strides , increasing the size of the island to over 1,500 acres by his death in 1744 , and having the dubious distinction of attempting to reduce the troublesome rat population by having them killed , dressed and offered up to his tenants and workmen to eat . |
| 28 | SERB warlords were last night warned to keep their planes away from Bosnia or risk having them blasted out of the sky . |
| 29 | At the same time , the additional possibility is not excluded that some of the crimes may have been chosen for the ‘ allegations ’ because individuals in high places had vested interests in having them pinned on persons other than the real culprits . |
| 30 | The main reason for using a Statutory Demand is not to drive your debtor into insolvency , which helps no one , but rather to bring pressure to bear on having accounts paid and having them paid quickly . |