Example sentences of "was [v-ing] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And tonight he was going to have a good time . |
| 2 | The extradition was still stalled ; there was another fraud investigation involving a British defence equipment company that had been ripped off in an American takeover deal ; there was a coke run in London that the Bureau in New York were interested in ; there was a guy who was under surveillance and who was going to have a Grand Jury warrant out for him for chopping his girlfriend 's mother into small pieces ; there were investigations that were vaguer , and things that were closer . |
| 3 | She was going to have a telepathic communication with her grandfather . |
| 4 | Because I was older and a bit more staid I was going to have a hard time . |
| 5 | He was going to have a busy day tomorrow . |
| 6 | At the same time as these theories were being explored in the world of school — theories designed to make the pupil the equal of the teacher — the concept of equality was beginning to have a powerful effect on education in a more overtly political sense . |
| 7 | Although Glumdalclitch tried to make things as comfortable as possible for me , such an exhausting life was beginning to have a bad effect on my health . |
| 8 | In the Pastoral Epistles the noun presbyters often appears in the plural , bishop in the singular , suggesting that one man was beginning to have a special position in both worship and charitable administration . |
| 9 | It can not have been easy , as at this time photography was beginning to have a profound impact upon this branch of the arts , being more fashionable , cheaper , and offering the promise of greater veracity . |
| 10 | ‘ To tell the truth , I was hoping to have a quick word with Mrs Amy Edgerton … |
| 11 | In the gap I was planning to have a whole lot of lights and electronic valves which could light up and flash when the Dalek was agitated about anything . |