Example sentences of "[be] having the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's the inquest , ’ Herr Nordern said , ‘ and they 're having the devil of a job finding a relative to make any arrangements . ’
2 ‘ Oh God , maybe we 're having the same one ! ’ she says excitedly .
3 This is the traditional family Sunday lunch , and we 're having the traditional family Sunday lunch-time row . ’
4 Ask them if they 're having the same problem . ’
5 They 're having the schoolhouse in the village as a Pack holiday house . ’
6 DO N'T scoff at Skodas , they 're having the last laugh .
7 As I reached the landing I heard Mrs Quigley say , ‘ We 're having the patio done .
8 Yes I must say I , I personally sympathy with that I mean I think that erm , women 's er role is er very much despised and disparaged it should be because if you think about it they 're having the children and bringing them up , well this is one of the most worthwhile things to do
9 Pat was having an affair — and in a crowded restaurant , he asked her at the top of the sentorian Williams voice : ‘ Well tell us about this man you 're having the affair with then . ’
10 So that you 're having the Gothic set-up in this story to be undermined by common sense .
11 You wo n't while we 're having the buy coal , at that price .
12 You 're having the bag .
13 but they did n't when they 're having the next one
14 And th they they 've announced the next day that they 're having the same concert as well !
15 go without , but at least they 're having the money back are n't they ?
16 I was gon na say they 're having the rest of their lives off by the sound of it !
17 And because you 're having the pre-appraisal thing
18 Do n't give me that shit Mr er er , we 're having the heating on at night while Andy 's not here !
19 ‘ All the more reason why he should have been having the full attention of you both , ’ Doctor Staples said sharply .
20 Jack said to Franca , ‘ We 've been having the most extraordinary time !
21 These subjects may therefore have been having the same sorts of experience as " dreamers " , but did not label their REM sleep experiences as " dreams " , but " thinking " .
22 ‘ Suppose I 'd been having the breakdown .
23 Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party .
24 Fifty Russian orphans who 'd been having the holiday of a lifetime in Britain have returned home … many of them in tears .
25 Fifty Russian orphans who 'd been having the holiday of a lifetime in Britain have returned home … many of them in tears .
26 It is a shame that you have n't been having the gorgeous autumn which we have enjoyed .
27 I reckon you 've been having the report daddy , then we can . .
28 It is always difficult estimating the room you will need unless you are having the greenhouse built for a specific purpose .
29 At present Austria and Switzerland are having the best snow for years while France has average amounts in the main canoeing areas but better conditions than past years in the northern Alps near Geneva .
30 Clearly the two rays of light shining through the slits are having the same sort of effect on each other as the two musical notes described above ; this is called interference .
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