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 . |