Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 So do n't lie , if you 're having a bad month , or you 're having a bad week or you have n't had any sales , put it in the computer , because that 's going to be identified , it comes up on here , so that your manager can help you .
2 When Mother Pig tells Tottie that she 's having a new baby , and that it might arrive on Tottie 's birthday , Tottie is n't very happy .
3 It might be that you are having a hectic day at work and you feel that things are getting to you , or you might be stuck in a traffic jam with your pulse racing and the frustration making you angry .
4 That is left for members of the host community to do , as it busies itself ghettoizing the minority ; and as it ghettoizes it mumbles , and if you listen carefully you can just discern beneath the self-righteousness , the self-congratulation , the following : ‘ Okay , okay , so you were having a hard time in your own country .
5 We know at least that we are to have a common centrally determined curriculum for maintained secondary schools .
6 track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so
7 There is a marked concentration in the region of Sagittarius ( the Archer ) , and it was this which led to the discovery that we are having a lop-sided view of the Galaxy because we are not in the middle of it .
8 Nobody is pretending that we are having a great time , but it is important to recognise the factors which have affected us in what is a transitional period for the club .
9 Halfway between the target and the coast the Night engineer announced that we were having a heavy petrol consumption and the dialogue was something like this :
10 But the jamboree could well turn into one of those parties where half the guests fail to turn up , and everyone else tries terribly hard to pretend that they are having a marvellous time .
11 When questioned , many of these firms said that they were having a radical re-think of the way in which exhibiting money was spent .
12 Finally , according to the lawyer , it 's likely that he was having a covert affair with a woman .
13 Salim states that he was having a rough time , and was tired and suspicious of Yvette : he does not say that a tribal god commanded him to leave her .
14 He said nothing for a minute or two and told the person next to him that he was having a bad dream when the stranger woke him up .
15 , my first years had two children , had no breast problems and I 'm having a horrendous time just now and I 'm on H R T , I 'm on my third different kind !
16 There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him .
17 And I looked out and I was having a lovely little wander round
18 I love a piece of orange , I I would n't eat a whole orange but I do like er little pieces of oranges now I might get away with that but if I was to have a whole orange
19 ‘ Do I look as if I 'm having a hard time ?
20 In The German Ideology Marx had used Tacitus as his source for tribal German society , but by the time of Formen he became influenced by the nationalist and romantic nineteenth-century tradition of German historiography , a tradition which was to influence him even more later on , and which was to have a dramatic and harmful effect on Engels .
21 In this country anyway at least , in the U K and you 're having a new dream cottage built , okay , to your needs and satisfaction , okay ?
22 She next rang the solicitor with whom she had called in Kilkcaldy and who was having a New Year party at the time .
23 Calcium If you are having a reasonable amount of dairy produce you are not likely to be short of calcium .
24 It is essential if you are to have a clear mind about each particular job and interview that you keep your applications and all the information relevant to them methodically filed and easily accessible .
25 ‘ Enduring ’ means nothing if you 're having a rotten time now , so you guys love Shakespeare and in the meantime I ca n't get a good hot cup of coffee in this country .
26 Obviously if you 're having a long-term relationship and you know she 's not shagging anybody else and she 's not on the and she is on the pill .
27 Probably if you 're having a new home built or something like that you may not have to recourse to those because while you 're having , you 're having your home built you can say to the electrician , alright I want X number of power points here .
28 The other thing is ladies and gentlemen , I do n't know whether you know or not , but it is now , if you 're having a new home built , fresh build as we call it , okay ?
29 It 's a funny thing though , because mother 's and daughter 's , and er , I love , when my mum comes up she 's a dreadful sleeper and if you 're having a bad time , you get up in the middle of the night to go and make a cup of tea , there 's always a little voice says , yes , let's have a cup of tea dear .
30 So do n't lie , if you 're having a bad month , or you 're having a bad week or you have n't had any sales , put it in the computer , because that 's going to be identified , it comes up on here , so that your manager can help you .
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