Example sentences of "[adv] having a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Reds , only having a small area to defend could communicate with each other and knew how to defeat the Whites .
2 All having a crafty smoke , I should n't wonder . ’
3 ‘ It 's like a holiday camp sometimes and we are all having a good time .
4 No-one very serious about anyone else , just a crowd of friends all having a good time , walking up the mountain on a lovely day , drinking the spring water and having a picnic .
5 I get a lot of enjoyment from doing it , this is the biggest we 've been involved in and we 're all having a good time .
6 We were all having a furious argument about who should be there to land this enormous tip and while we were doing that , his Royal Highness sort of sneaked out and did n't give anything to any of us .
7 This is obviously having a detrimental effect on textile exports from the region .
8 Niklaus had just swarmed up Resurrection , taking a bit of a flyer in the process , being into the British way of things , and was obviously having a great day out .
9 She was watching a poor demented man , obviously having a bad day , hacking his way up the fairway towards her .
10 She 's obviously having a wonderful time .
11 She was literally having a two-way conversation , although , not in an odd way , not going ooh !
12 Clearly , memory for a Christian is far more profound than merely having a mental skill or a better-than-average ability to recall .
13 We were just having a hot drink .
14 I mean I 'm just having a general chat with you
15 ‘ The victims were just having a good time . ’
16 ‘ They 're just having a good time . ’
17 They were just having a peaceful protest , sitting there and linking arms : no threats or fear of violence .
18 Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages
19 The purpose is to check that you are not just having a prolonged holiday but are actually living as a resident abroad .
20 It 's probably not as preferable as just having a normal dad . ’
21 ‘ I 'm just having a hard time indentifying you with a business legendary for its ‘ wise old men ’ .
22 So to start with what we 're doing is just having a little assessment , seeing what sort of driving erm techniques that you have .
23 Now just having a little look in the paper here today and er well oh the Mary Whitehouse saga continues by the way we are absolutely determined to get her on before the end of the show we 've got ten minutes left .
24 So you can , what what I 'm thinking of now is not so much , I 've been thinking of stuff that you have done , and that if you sort of spend a little bit of , not much time , maybe ten minutes on each topic , just having a little look at it and finding a problem , this is the sort of problem I was doing a month or two ago , can I do this one ?
25 " Oh Jim , " we can say , " we are just having a little chat about the I.R.A . "
26 I was just having a little word with Mr Twomey about his silver for the dinner .
27 Just having a little treat here or there can add up to enough to stop the diet from working .
28 I was just having a little experiment to see how it takes and how strong it is and I know what I 'm doing .
29 Where you just having a little stretch ?
30 However , just having a winning attitude does not guarantee success all the time .
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