Example sentences of "be having [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're having to make a conscious effort to be detached , are n't you ? |
| 2 | My grown-up children are on their way to see me , and in order to do so are having to travel a two-hour journey on the motorway . |
| 3 | So the council were faced were having to take a legal action because there was a whole claims that because the land was so old , nobody knew who technically owned it and it was n't registered as we owning it until nineteen sixty six , there was legal disputes about that . |
| 4 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 5 | And when she 's go , when she 's having having a good time she ta , she 's like one of the nurses you know , she helps them out but when she 's on her downer she 'll sit there and she wo n't do anything |
| 6 | Some , like Ford and Vauxhall , have been able to respond quickly but Rover , which has a US airbag only on the top of the range 800 series , is having to undertake a major engineering programme to make them available throughout the range during the next year . |
| 7 | The adolescent is emerging from the small and comparatively cushioned world to which he has belonged and is having to face a great deal of pressure from many different relationships . |
| 8 | The probe problem is having had a big initial launch the reality is that we 're now going to drip feed the P R throughout the year and there are several good stories coming up which I 'm not gon na tell you er that we hope the , the national and local press will pick up on . |
| 9 | The only aspect of the lessons which I can really remember was having to learn a substantial number of Euclid 's theorems on geometry . |
| 10 | She caught him again on the way back between oven and table , and sank herself into him once more , but after a moment became conscious that he was having to make a considerable effort to hold the hot saucepan away from her at arm 's length . |