Example sentences of "[verb] having a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he consider having a debate on the situation there ? |
| 2 | We 'd enjoy having a boy around the house again , eh , Wix ? ’ |
| 3 | As one graduate who is now living and working in the States , where the universities do award impressive diplomas for display , I would enjoy having a diploma from the University of Nottingham hanging on my wall . |
| 4 | She would have enjoyed having a bit of extra money . ’ |
| 5 | If only they had n't become so friendly , he was sure he would have enjoyed having a relationship with her ; but he had a rule about not mixing sex with friendship . |
| 6 | Just inside the gate was a tool shed having a well with no wall around it . |
| 7 | Did you like having a change of job . |
| 8 | I would n't mind having a day in Norwich maybe this summer . |
| 9 | Well , yes , I mean I can remember having a friend in Oxford who was schizophrenic and to be quite frank he needed to be certified and we could not get him to go to the doctors , and when he did he told sufficient stories that the doctor home with eye drops because he was seeing things . |
| 10 | I remember having a problem like that where we were erm we had a , a load of erm we were watering that material it was warmed , we thought of course would be alright but they did er , they were quite sensitive to it and they looked quite miserable . |
| 11 | Last time we had a I remember having a row about this before . |
| 12 | Are you like you like having a conversation with yourself . |
| 13 | It was very late — after closing time , about 3am , and they came right out with it : ‘ How would you fancy having a quarter of a million quid ? ’ |
| 14 | Well , it well , it well yeah , it has to be rather awkward to read that I think , I do n't think I 'd fancy having a go at Norwegian . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't fancy having a lot of kids tearing about the house , but , having brought up my own , I did n't feel I had an excuse . |
| 16 | I did n't personally think having a piano on the back of a truck was much use either , but it looked good and gave the band somewhere to balance their beer cans . |
| 17 | For these ‘ immigrants ’ to start demanding having a say in the way their pupils are taught and what they are taught is viewed with great disdain … |
| 18 | Even the Head of the School of Languages , Leisure and Tourism could n't resist having a go on the roller boller . |
| 19 | I was n't even tempted , until Darren came home for a while and started having a lot of fits . |
| 20 | er I think further notice and having having a look at the figures . |
| 21 | Just because days are getting shorter it does n't mean you can forget having a bit of fun in the garden . |
| 22 | But Elton probably would n't mind exchanging his sparkling shorts to suffer Adams ' lumberjack shirts if it meant having a song at number one for 16 weeks like the Canadian rocker did |
| 23 | Her answer machine er she 's got two answer machines cos she so when the other wo she kept having a lot of trouble with it , kept breaking down and it 'd go away for three weeks and she 'd be without it |
| 24 | ‘ I suggest you try having a go at answering the questions yourself first , ’ he said . |
| 25 | If you 've fancied having a go at ice-climbing but the thought of all the discomforts of a Scottish winter keeps putting you off , take heart . |
| 26 | ( Have you ever tried having a conversation with someone who is holding a hanky over their face ? ) |
| 27 | It means having a respect for the past , concern for the present , and an eye to the future . |
| 28 | After all his empty-headed bimbos , he found he liked having a woman around him who demanded a bit of respect . |
| 29 | She liked having a place of her own , where she could come and go as she pleased . |
| 30 | Porter says he likes having a pop at goal but yesterday they all went in . |