Example sentences of "[verb] to having [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But I would not have objected to having the extra music .
2 The nearest Britain came to having a deaf monarch was in the case of Prince Albert Victor , eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales , later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra .
3 Fate decreed therefore that my very first exposure to this unlikely world was as interpreter for the British representative ( a pleasant dairy farmer used to having a hundred cows he knew by name ) at the milk pasteurization subcommittee of the Central Agricultural Control .
4 So used to having a great big thing , I am .
5 WP How do you think Hungary will adapt to having a real parliamentary democracy ?
6 As we do this , we can encourage consistently those in whom this gift is developing , and perhaps see some move from prophesying to having a mature ministry as a prophet .
7 On the other hand , it seems implausible that most male English adults readily consented to having no political rights , as would seem to be the implication of Locke 's arguing that England was a country with government by consent .
8 He took to having a daily early-morning nip from a half-bottle of whisky in his hip pocket .
9 Only larger companies can stretch to having a full-time risk or insurance manager .
10 She 'd taken to having an early morning swim to strengthen her ankle , which was doing fine .
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