Example sentences of "[adj] having a " in BNC.

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1 what what the insurance salesman do is do wobble you a little bit so that you will take it out , you know , can you afford down , if you were forty having a heart attack leaving a wife and young child behind .
2 It 's different having a child of your own to bringing up your brothers .
3 Seems so funny having a Houdini dog .
4 Seems so funny having a tall dog after having short dogs .
5 Shears Essential for trimming hedges and edges of lawns , shears come in a variety of weights and sizes , some having a notch near the handles for cutting tough stems .
6 With that said , however , it is hard to see this having a great deal of effect on safety in residential areas in Britain .
7 And I 'm embarrassed having a bodyguard . ’
8 These two essences are very versatile having a myriad of therapeutic properties .
9 Liquid systems are straightforward having a feed pipe from the product container direct to the non-priming delivery pump .
10 He said it was worthless having a respected financial sector that did nothing to help the economy and added that the vested interests of the sector needed to be tackled so that the benefits could be accrued by everyone in Scotland and not just a selected minority .
11 Eight ( 20% ) of the 40 patients underwent surgery , six having a cholecystectomy and exploration of the common bile duct and two a cholecystectomy alone ( the endoprosthesis being left in situ ) .
12 It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute .
13 However I would n't be happy about either having a boyfriend to stay overnight in the house quite yet .
14 It is all very well having a goal , but goals are long-term and not always achievable ; only objectives are truly achievable .
15 It 's the same with Prince — it 's great having a bit of rumpy pumpy on the TV with a few cheeky videos and lots of naughty bits , but it 's becoming a little standard .
16 Erm , it 's great having a neighbourhood area where all the traffic goes slowly , but there are certain radial roads in where the traffic should move I think at some speed .
17 That must be great having a baby sitter on tap
18 But for many having a racehorse belongs to the world of rolls royces and luxury yachts …
19 ‘ It 's no good having a protected market , ’ insists Hirel .
20 ‘ For management data it 's no good having a five , six or even a 20 dimensional database , ’ he says , ‘ because that 's not the way data works .
21 It would be no good having a receptionist blacking out every time they jacked in .
22 I mean it 's no good having a your own identity number and then telling everybody what it is , because that 'll just never raised its head anyway that much did it ?
23 Finally , some sites may experience problems if they are restricting the use of the available units to specific operation types — it is no good having a TK50 available for a Primary copy if the only unit available is either not a TK50 drive , or is set to Secondary copies only !
24 Finally , some sites may experience problems if they are restricting the use of the available units to specific operation types — it is no good having a TK50 available for a Primary copy if the only unit available is either not a TK50 drive , or is set to Secondary copies only !
25 It is no good having a playing field three miles out of town , we have to be where the general public is . ’
26 Is there any good having a ruddy dog , you know , I mean , why do you have one
27 From the passenger 's viewpoint the first things that are different are the plug-type sliding doors , improved welcoming entrance vestibules and a seating layout with some facing pairs of seats in the standard class at tables for four , with others in twos having a face-to-back arrangement .
28 Well that 's stupid having a ginormous supermarket
29 And Galashiels being placed where it was on the between four counties , th you had Berwickshire , Peebleshire , Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire all having a part .
30 My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father .
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