Example sentences of "[is] having a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's having a late fitness test , after picking up an injury playing for Wales during the week . |
| 2 | A pain 's having a certain location , says Ryle , is like its being , say , a rheumatic pain , and ‘ pains do not arrive already hall-marked ‘ rheumatic ’ ’ . |
| 3 | and she said yeah he 's fine he 's having a super time |
| 4 | Rupert 's having a nice time after school cleaning the desks . |
| 5 | When Mother Pig tells Tottie that she 's having a new baby , and that it might arrive on Tottie 's birthday , Tottie is n't very happy . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's having a good time , ’ Nevil laughed . |
| 7 | I mean , I look at John Lee Hooker , he 's still smiling , he 's having a good time just doing it . |
| 8 | He 's having a great time , dancing with anyone and everyone . |
| 9 | Kennedy 's response ; he 's having a great time . |
| 10 | He 's having a wonderful week here with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra , he says , with the opportunity to develop his Shostakovich programme over four performances . |
| 11 | There may also be stronger incentives as a result of management 's having a significant equity stake in the company , and the stringent repayment conditions that banks and other institutions attach to the finance they provide to make the buy-out possible . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's having a bad day , ’ came the wry explanation . |
| 13 | He had explained to her mother how it was an innovation for Hoggatt 's having a clerical officer on the desk instead of a junior police officer . |
| 14 | ‘ She 's having a short stay in hospital at the moment so that I can have a holiday . |
| 15 | He tells her that America is very hot but he is having a nice time . |
| 16 | A meeting of minds that produced the deliriously demented ‘ Scumbag ’ , where Yoko sounds as though she is having a demonic possession as Lennon bellows out ‘ SCUMBAG ! |
| 17 | Tinware is having a well-earned revival at the moment , especially the painted decoupage variety shown here . |
| 18 | To tell the truth , my favourite bit is having a hot shower afterwards . |
| 19 | But the love that surrounds that boy is having a marvellous effect in giving him a life . |
| 20 | He is having a small number printed for family and friends , the front cover bearing the appropriate motto which , translated , reads : To God not by Chance . |
| 21 | Judging by the number of messages , everyone on the new list is having a great time already ! |
| 22 | We all recognise that the British farmer is having a rough time . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Unemployment and the fear of it is having a corrosive effect on our economy . |
| 24 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 25 | In case you had n't noticed , Ulster 's John Reid is having a barnstorming season and he could end up in the top four in the championship with over 100 winners . |
| 26 | The pavements are slick with rain , the twisted array of neon lights turns the gutters to gold , the streets are black with people who do n't have any particular place to go , and outside a cheap bar a drunken woman is having a stand-up domestic with her low-life escort . |
| 27 | ‘ Underfunding is having a detrimental effect on the adequacy of policing services , ’ he said . |
| 28 | The only way in which we can help is having a Labour government that has a policy to secure verifiable arms reductions . |
| 29 | The present drop in overseas students on top of this is having a devastating effect on the school 's finances . |
| 30 | Jeffrey : For many people involvement in campaigns around AIDS is having a similar effect to involvement in gay liberation campaigns , in that you get a tremendous sense of common feeling , almost a sort of euphoric sense of working together . |