Example sentences of "having a [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 But Crosby 's move for Wilson has been put on ice while Southampton dither over whether to come back in for Armstrong after having a £750,000 bid rejected .
2 I 've no idea I 'm just having a butchers .
3 Having a butchers ay
4 Having a butchers !
5 I once went to the trouble of having a pair made in the finest white doeskin but fortunately I have now outgrown such extravagances in much the same way that I have outgrown the petty conversations and banal posturings of those who frequent literary gatherings or , worse , television studio canteens .
6 This owl butterfly ( opposite ) uses a different deflection device , having a pair of small eye-spots near the trailing edge of its wings .
7 And I miss having a pair of arms round me .
8 I find out about these release sites in various ways : through friends or volunteers or the farming parents of children I had lectured to , who have expressed an interest in having a pair and have suitable land .
9 Even now I feel I must modify this by saying that technically I am a brilliant driver , handicapped only by having a 100mph temperament coupled with 5mph eyesight .
10 LINFIELD are pondering a fresh move for Ballymena United striker Neil Candlish after having a £20,000 bid rejected by the Braid club last week .
11 We have assumed in the above that the operation code field is fixed in length , but we may be able to make better use of the instruction length by having a variable.length operation code field .
12 It should be noted however that the latter recently succeeded in having a 7% resale royalty provision dropped from the federal Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 .
13 you ca n't beat having a bob or two in the bank can ya ?
14 We are also at an advantage in having a Data Protection Act , which is more use in practice than a vague bill of rights .
15 Le Bugue is a place you 've probably never heard of before now : it 's in France , and they 're having a 16ft wide 6ft tall ramp along with a 12ft wide 4ft tall mini being constructed at a Summer Camp , along with some street ramps and handrails .
16 At all events it will be thicker than the existing glass , and will improve the sound insulation quality of the door , in spite of not having a 75mm space between the two panes .
17 There may be a case for replacing her with someone else later , having a series of nurses rather than a permanent one , in case she becomes overemotionally involved .
18 Lastly , positively the last Reading gossip … après gig , KINKY MACHINE got goaded by THE WONDER STUFF into having a series of marathon challenges which involved one roadie eating 70 pickled onions in an hour .
19 Both the magnetic and capacitive systems work on having a series of wire grids embedded in the baseboard of the tablet .
20 Both systems work on having a series of wire grids embedded in the baseboard of the tablet .
21 There is more money to be made by trying to increase the efficiency and flexibility of the whole system than there is through having a series of adversarial breaks in the chain .
22 They are having a series on professional women at work .
23 This year , I have been having a series of informal discussions with Church leaders , the voluntary sector , leading members of the police , probation and prison services , magistrates and others to consider what we can do to get at the roots of criminality .
24 To help cope , Boots are having a series of one day special clinics at some of their larger stores this month when experts will help and advise in total confidence and privacy .
25 There was some trepidation at the thought of even having a staff meeting at all ; was n't it , some people wondered , rather disloyal ?
26 Having a fish tank .
27 Bill Clinton ran into trouble for blocking a busy runway while having a $100 haircut , and for appearing to divert the business of the White House travel office to a distant cousin .
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