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

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1 Marble Steps , however , enclosed by a wall and under a canopy of foliage , looks almost inviting , the setting having a beauty in contrast to the desolate moorlands around .
2 The carriages are smaller than most public transport vehicles , with the largest carriage having a width of 2.2 metres , only slightly wider than a bus .
3 But if your thinking having a pig in your living room could lead to some unusual smells — you 're wrong .
4 But if your thinking having a pig in your living room could lead to some unusual smells — you 're wrong .
5 The Royal Society at the time when the BAAS was founded was a club having a majority of non-scientific members , headed by a Royal Duke .
6 IT would n't happen on this newspaper , of course , but in Washington a reporter got fed up with his editor having a go at him because his first sentences were too long .
7 I can not see why the actuary having a liability for an employee , if that employee becomes a deferred pensioner that the actuary having a liability for the fund
8 I can not see why the actuary having a liability for an employee , if that employee becomes a deferred pensioner that the actuary having a liability for the fund
9 ‘ I somehow do n't see this girl having a baronet for a father …
10 figure 2.3 paints a sketch of the business universe having a number of major subsystems and environmental systems which relate to the business .
11 Wendy had more idea of what to expect , she had helped to look after her little brothers at home , but it was still hard work having a baby of her own .
12 Talk about one queen having a go at another !
13 Otherwise , I mean , the possibility otherwise is Oxford City Council having a site in West Oxford , to fill that gap .
14 ‘ I ca n't believe that finding Angy having a cup of tea with a middle-aged housewife would have incited Eddie to commit murder , ’ said Melissa flatly .
15 It could easily have been her and Pet having a go at one another .
16 Atmosphere 's the order of the day , each picture having a flavour of its own ( my favourite being tomato and pineapple , yum ! ) .
17 You are sitting in your farmhouse having a meal before going out to tend the stock again .
18 Quallofil : Bonded polyester from Dupont , each fibre having a core of four holes instead of a single one , trapping more air and increasing the warmth value .
19 By section 50B(1) , a lawful user ( being a person having a right under a licence or otherwise to use the program , s.50A(2) ) may decompile the program if necessary to obtain the information necessary to achieve the interoperability of any independently created program with the decompiled program or other program .
20 Erm , and we , we find although Amnesty does run er door to door collection which we are always encouraged to join in which we never have , which is I think always in June , in June now , it 's good time , it 's a good time of year for it , but that means going round putting envelopes in doors , going back and collecting them , the arguments on the doorstep about Amnesty , er going back again if people are not in and we , we as a , relatively small group covering a very big area we , we have n't felt able to do that , and we actually find that by standing in the street with each person having a tin for one or two hours , we can do quite well that way and er , that 's , that 's .
21 There could have been another contributory factor having a bearing on the origin of man 's appreciation of beauty .
22 It trembled uncomprehendingly over Harry Dunstaple running towards the ramparts waving a sabre and shouting orders , with the bulging pockets of his Tweedside lounging jacket swinging about his knees over Ford , carefully laying a train back to the wall of the churchyard from one of the fougasses that had been dug … over the Sikhs staggering here and there with loads of small stones to shovel into another fougasse not yet completed … over the green Fleury having a rest in the shade of a tamarind beside the Church wall … and finally over the pariah dog , looking towards Fleury with admiration but from a respectful distance ( for Fleury continued to reject its advances ) .
23 I was up all night having a row with Memet . ’
24 The result of this translation is a single lexicon having a set of tags derived from combining the Text710 and LOB tagsets .
25 The new 132-page Luxembourg draft retained references to a " federal goal " , to an eventual common defence policy , to a Commission reduced in size from 17 to 12 , to European citizenship as proposed by the Spanish government , and to the European Parliament having a right of " co-decision " with the Council of Ministers [ see p. 38154 ] .
26 Fancy having a hide-out with your own name on it . ’
27 From personal experience having a status as a criminal with respect to smoking cannabis encourages an insidious deterioration of respect for law as a whole .
28 Just think , if it 's a girl what a poor cow having a nose like that .
29 and so a woman having a child on her own without a partner I think that 's that 's the biggest fear that th erm that society sees in artificial insemination of any kind .
30 It is no use having a racket for volleying if it does n't help other parts of your game . ’
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