Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] having a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody erm said they were going to , and it was n't me so it was one of you three , said they were going to check if the ball was having a speaker this year . |
| 2 | Breeze , hoping to please her , gave a lemonade and sandwich party one evening , to which she invited Roger , Tony , the two younger Blessington-Dalrymples , and that live wire , Mr Dare , who was working much too hard now that his Hungarian wife was having a holiday in her native land . |
| 3 | Yes , it had been Edwin 's turn for fire watching in Farringdon Street , but his wife was having a baby so Ivor Gundry , one of our best scholars , from Bridport in Dorset , had volunteered to take his place . |
| 4 | I phoned the fire brigade , but as the station officer 's wife was having a baby in the fire engine on the way to hospital , rescuing dogs was not too high on their list of priorities . |
| 5 | The ever-improving music section of the band — Nick ( bass ) and Gene Wilder lookalike Neil ( guitar ) , who missed the photo sesh because his wife was having a baby — have now , with former TV researcher TV Salli and forestry worker Steve , kicked in their jobs to tour . |
| 6 | A VISITOR to the area was having a drink in Headley 's Holly Bush public house on Friday evening when someone stole all the plastic wheel trims from his Vauxhall Cavalier parked in the pub car park . |
| 7 | A young actress who had taken LSD was having a bummer . |
| 8 | Sinatra was having a field day , standing up in his car and bellowing ‘ Mayday ! |
| 9 | His heart — his other lung — both lungs — the poor man was having a haemorrhage . |
| 10 | The man was having a picnic with a gun in his ribs . |
| 11 | The man was having a family gathering when the masked raiders , armed with a pistol and a knife , barged into his home in Knowle , Bristol . |
| 12 | While the semi-finals took pride of place on Saturday , Nottingham and Rosslyn Park were having a League One relegation tussle , with the Midlanders comfortable winners . |
| 13 | A MEDICAL newsletter reports how a lawyer and a doctor were having a drink together at their country club , when the medic complained : |
| 14 | It came to a head when the couple were having a night out in Ross on Wye , where they lived . |
| 15 | I opened my eyes — everything was as it should be , although my next-door neighbour was having a party and the noise of music and chatter was plainly audible . |
| 16 | English was having a hey-day until the Gulf war broke out . |
| 17 | You know so so the idea was having a rule compiler system which so you could actively refine it . |
| 18 | Stephen Simms from Fleet , well remembers a memorable day when he raided his school Cadet Force dustbin one evening when the resident CO was having a clear-out . |
| 19 | The stranger might refuse to admit defeat and maintain simply that the person sitting on the bench was not I , that he was I , and that it was with him that the man who was now doubting his identity was having a conversation a moment ago . |