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

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1 The ones described so far probably represent the major positions available to fans , but it is vital to note that simply having a strong relationship with an occupant of one of these role-position holders also afforded some degree of status .
2 We think that Kos is an exceptional place for seeing traditional Greece and still having a great holiday with all the nightlife you can imagine .
3 Not that I complained because I was having a great time with it , but I noticed that there were a few changes and when I went back to England from Mustique , that was probably the last time MainMan existed .
4 and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus
5 Er without having a good relationship with the people in the flats , er if I mean some people if they say see something going off , they 'll turn their you know , turn their back and they do n't want to know .
6 The neighbour told the inquest : ‘ He had the freedom of spending money and having a good time with his friends .
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 Some neighbours would even tell my daughters that I was n't at home because I was out having a good time with men .
9 Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages
10 ‘ We believe in competition , ’ Branson told Ridley , ‘ but having a bleeding competition with a blood bank is n't fair competition . ’
11 Mrs Probyn went missing after having a blazing row with her estranged husband Jonathan , at his house at Elmore , not far from the stretch of river where the car was found .
12 Woman A ( all interviewees are anonymous ) is married and has been having a long-term affair with her parish priest .
13 The weather was relatively kind with the competitors having a dry day with no rain or strong winds to contend with .
14 A woman officer also recently admitted having a close relationship with a prisoner during rehearsals for a play which Mr. Lodge produced .
15 I mean I 'm just having a general chat with you
16 Finally , according to the lawyer , it 's likely that he was having a covert affair with a woman .
17 Batty was having a serious confrontation with Alan Byrne in midfield Byrne won the first half .
18 It was hard to imagine him having a casual chat with anyone , let alone a more intimate relationship .
19 However , in Finkelhor 's review , several factors emerged as being consistently associated with higher risk of sexual abuse : when a child lives without one of the biological parents ; when the mother is unavailable to the child either as a result of employment outside the home or disability and illness ; when a child reports that the parents ' marriage is unhappy or conflictual ; when the child reports having a poor relationship with the parents or being subject to extremely punitive discipline or child abuse ; when the child reports having a step-father .
20 Someone there was having a heated argument with an official , who then called the guard to deal with the matter .
21 Her husband was having a heated argument with a short fat woman about television as an inducement to juvenile delinquency .
22 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 .
23 The mention of a bank made him feel guilty about not having a joint account with Bella any longer .
24 There would be erm the possibility of the unitary authorities themselves getting together to prepare joint structure plans , so in as , as , instead of having a joint authority with er members joining in , in one committee to oversee the preparation of the plan , there would be individual authorities er working to their own committees with members er operating separately , but preparing through that mechanism a joint structure plan and the third option would be for each authority itself to prepare a unitary development plan , incorporating both strategic policies and the sorts of policies that we are currently seeing and familiar with in local plans .
25 Sid Hope was doing the rounds , having a friendly word with those who were late in paying their subscriptions .
26 Immediately — and this can be well understood — Coastal Command had more than a passing interest because it was having a desperate struggle with the U-boats in the Atlantic and , naturally , it was very keenly supported by the Admiralty and the Navy to boot , to get hold of this latest model .
27 Q I am having a real problem with nitrates , not only in my aquarium which is fish-only but in my tapwater as well .
28 You 're incapable of having a normal relationship with me .
29 When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself .
30 Instead of having to come home from work and worry about wrapping up the Christmas presents , or writing letters to friends , or having a long conversation with someone in the family who needs a bit of support , and fitting all that in after the children have gone to bed and the supper 's been washed up and you really ought to be reading papers for tomorrow 's meeting , I know I have a chunk of time when I can get on with doing all that .
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