Example sentences of "be [not/n't] having a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are not having a first course , a couple of plain poppadums are an acceptable indulgence , but do n't get carried away — and do n't allow yourself to start dipping in the chutneys ! |
| 2 | We are not having a private discussion about Aschmann . |
| 3 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they look like they 're acting , the tape is rejected . |
| 4 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they 're looking at their watch , or they look like they 're acting , then the tape is rejected . ’ |
| 5 | You 're not having a earlier ? |
| 6 | Great Scott , I 'm not having a little five-year-old brigand sitting with the senior girls and boys in the top form . |
| 7 | Jim Bob , laughing , says that some of the crew are here , as much for him to talk to as for their tour responsibilities : ‘ Because if we were n't having a good time with our friends we could n't do this . ’ |
| 8 | MAX ( to Peg ) : If we were n't having a civilized drink together , I 'd bash you for that ‘ our teapot . ’ |
| 9 | They are actually all for and b =8/3 but various values of P. In each case the integration was started at a time sufficiently earlier than the start of the trace that the choice of initial conditions is not having a large direct effect . |
| 10 | Well actually it jus , he 's not having a bad time . |
| 11 | So Bill Gates is n't having a great time at the moment and things may get worse once the US Federal Trade Commission reveals its findings about Microsoft 's business practices . |
| 12 | Apart from this defeat in Africa , Hitler 's Germany was not having a happy time . |
| 13 | I was n't having a nervous breakdown but I was unable to operate or function efficiently . |