Example sentences of "was have [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As Mr Myer had been on duty under somewhat arduous conditions for several months he decided that his nerves were playing tricks on him and that he was having hallucinations .
2 I was having Rob and Jen at the same time , and I used to get very wrapped up in myself when I was pregnant , you know — just not interested in things like sisters-in-law .
3 When MacDonald told him on 29 September that he was having difficulty finding a formula which could unite his colleagues , George V
4 Not a single borough in the capital was having difficulty finding enough flats and houses .
5 The Headmaster was having difficulty in controlling the mob .
6 He said that they were professional witnesses from London , explaining that , if a prosecution lawyer was having difficulty in obtaining a conviction , he would handsomely reward a witness who would state under oath that he had seen the crime committed .
7 She was having difficulty in fixing a chain to Dulcie 's collar .
8 After her husband 's departure , Margaret had been feeling very miserable and frustrated , was having difficulty concentrating at work and had been avoiding her usual social contacts .
9 The water was quite deep , and I was having difficulty finding the river-bed with the pole .
10 Mrs Stych was having difficulty starting her little car , so Mrs Frizzell bobbed her flower-decked head down until her hawklike nose was level with the half-open window .
11 When my elder son was born and I was having difficulty in breast-feeding him , my mother sympathised with me and told me that , just after I was born , she had had an abscess on one of her breasts and found feeding me something of an ordeal .
12 When I was n't dozing off in chapel , I was having difficulty in keeping awake in class and , to a greater extent , during prep-time , when I was supposed to be working alone .
13 In 1922 the manager of the Grand Theater in DeQueen , Arkansas , explained to the readers of the Exhibitors Herald that he was having difficulty in choosing between the easily satisfied ‘ masses ’ , who just wanted shorts , and the much more difficult to please ‘ classes ’ , who wanted programmes especially prepared for them .
14 She screwed up her eyes as if she was having difficulty seeing her child .
15 William was having difficulty getting his Panasonic printer to print multi-page Word For Windows documents .
16 He was now trying to drag one of the wavy-bladed Malayan daggers out of his belt , which was actually a cummerbund ; he was having difficulty , though , because the corrugated edges had got caught in his shirt .
17 The marquis was having difficulty keeping his hands off Horatia .
18 He had noticed that I was having difficulty reading my scripts during rehearsal .
19 One was having difficulty fitting wheels on his police car .
20 The bomber released its load because it was having difficulty reaching the coast .
21 Her companions alerted theatre staff when it became clear that she was having difficulty breathing .
22 Gabriel was having difficulty training this young dog , which , although enthusiastic , still did not understand a sheep dog 's duties .
23 Ash paced purposefully on , long flinging strides I was having difficulty in keeping up with .
24 At table that evening , the current Macleod seemed depressed ; he was having difficulty with relatives .
25 Evans was having difficulty in controlling his voice .
26 One of her students , Simon , was having difficulty gathering the money to pay his yearly fees , despite working every available holiday .
27 We had been colleagues for years and , as I say , I was having difficulty focussing .
28 While I was lying there staring at the ceiling counting the number of tiles I heard a girl going ‘ ouch , ouch that hurts ’ , when I looked over she was having difficulty with the needle going in and I noticed she was barely gripping the nice bit of perspex .
29 Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on .
30 Suddenly she was having difficulty swallowing .
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