Example sentences of "he [was/were] have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he were having some Aunts come from er his Aunts from er Manchester . |
| 2 | The way he was fired up for last season 's FA Cup semi-final against Portsmouth , despite knowing he was to have major heart surgery the next day showed his commitment . |
| 3 | In 1873 he married Janet Marshall ( only daughter of John Macfie of Edinburgh ) by whom he was to have five daughters , but , as the Indian climate suited neither her nor their first child , he returned to Scotland on leave and resigned in 1879 . |
| 4 | These were mere fragments of the complex arrangements which he had made in order to secure his throne , and they were entirely necessary to Henry if he was to have sufficient support among those families — perilously few and divided in their allegiance — who alone could ensure his survival as king of England . |
| 5 | He was n't prepared to do anything else there no ar and he was he was to have these plant hire , you know these two , when when his old man used to work us us in the quarry , well this was working up there as well , he had lads working on the plant hire for him . |
| 6 | Maximilian was to marry twice , and by his second wife he was to have ten children . |
| 7 | The clear fact was that he was having serious trouble knowing where to start . |
| 8 | He felt that Emerson was going through a hard time in his own life , that he was confused , that he was having marital problems , that Brazil and his family were getting him down : in other words , that Emerson was under a lot of pressure . |
| 9 | Mr Chris Hayward , for Roberts , said the offence happened while he was having marital problems . |
| 10 | He was having one hell of a party . |
| 11 | He was having new ideas at last . |
| 12 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 13 | I was the new boy at the office , he the old hand wondering what to make of me ; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin . |
| 14 | Wantonly she twisted her arms around his neck , revelling in the great shudder of desire she felt in response , but with surprise she quickly became aware that he was holding back , almost as if he was having second thoughts . |
| 15 | Shortly after his appointment as Minister of Housing in October 1964 , he telephoned me on a Sunday morning to say that he was having great trouble with his civil servants because he wished to promote an anti-eviction Bill , which would make it impossible for people to be evicted from their premises without special precautions . |
| 16 | He was having some trouble with one section . |
| 17 | I thought Val said he was having three days holiday ? |
| 18 | He never drove his car if he was having any drink with his lunch . |
| 19 | He was having enough difficulty understanding his own feelings , without trying to fathom out Carrie 's . |