Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] having [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firms that have particular local difficulties , through perhaps having a plant that is environmentally unfriendly , may offer generous school industry links to boost the firm 's image in the community . |
| 2 | The great thing about only having a licence fee is that you do retain complete editorial control and all the rights . |
| 3 | Northside , y'see , are professionals and follow the policy of always having the crap support band — in this case it 's been themselves . |
| 4 | Northside , y'see , are professionals and follow the policy of always having the crap support band — in this case it 's been themselves . |
| 5 | We 've waited so long , I 'd given up all hope of ever having a bairn . ’ |
| 6 | People want to sustain a sense of being in control , of still having a contribution to make . |
| 7 | He is typical of his profession in as much as he can show complete and stunning disassociation from his surroundings by virtue of simply having an appliance in front of his face . |
| 8 | The parents should react calmly and lovingly as normal but under no circumstances should children gain their demands through deliberately having a tantrum . |
| 9 | They had to be careful about saying anything to anyone about still having a rosary or praying to the Blessed Virgin , because Mr Drew , the vicar of St Saviour 's , was pleasing the Bishop of Launceston by being a good Protestant . |
| 10 | ‘ Apart from once having a porter who was a burglar , I think it is . |
| 11 | I have n't spoken to erm , I mean I only thought this coming along in the street , whether there 's anybody sort of notable , I mean is it , is , is , is there any value in actually having a figurehead type chairman you know , sort of celebrity type |
| 12 | Now I 'm wondering how easy or whether there 's any mileage in actually having a report coming to our next committee , to actually build on that so that we 've actually got something to pull on figures to consider erm , and if , and it , it is going to detrimentally impact upon us to a greater or lesser extent , then , then obviously it 's helpful to me . |
| 13 | It was bad enough , he felt , to be cast out by your family , be stuck working in ffeatherstonehaugh 's , and be spending all your spare time working for a degree , without additionally having the stress of falling over dead bodies : the boy needed his sleep . |
| 14 | Surely in a way I 'm answering my own point , you would have to go beyond just having a set of words on paper which says we have a major exceptions policy . |
| 15 | I 'm not too keen on just having an affair and I know he is n't either . |
| 16 | ‘ Is n't it odd , sitting here without quite having the face to touch each other ? |
| 17 | So are we saying Mr Chairman that , we er launch ourselves into an adventure like an assessment without actually having an idea of the cost ? |
| 18 | In our part of the world we keep up the brave talk for the sake of the image of the region , so that there may be at least some inward investment and so that those industrialists , small business , training centres , local enterprises and cooperatives which are struggling so hard to make a go of it , will not be discouraged from at least having a go , but there is n't much hope and conviction really . |
| 19 | Or at least having the decency and good manners to at least let me know what you 'd done ! |
| 20 | Indeed , a large part of a horse 's psychological wellbeing is dependent on it being part of a herd , or at least having the companionship of one or two others . |
| 21 | The latter reality , behind the ‘ surface ’ reality , is readily experienced , being entered when we are ‘ transported ’ by a particular musical experience , by a breath-taking piece of prose or poetry , or by just having an upsurge of feeling of being right with the world . |
| 22 | He felt a great deal of anger towards his wife and really wanted to express it to her but she had cheated him , as he saw it , by deliberately having an accident and dying and therefore depriving him of having the opportunity to say what he felt . |
| 23 | The problem was soon overcome by always having the camera a couple of inches or so above the fish , thus pointing the camera down at a small angle to the aquarium glass , while the adjustable flash head was directed straight ahead . |