Example sentences of "of [v-ing] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Human Factors specialist can rightly be accused of wanting to have a finger in every pie because , as he sees it , behavioural considerations do affect every design decision . |
| 2 | Gavin now faces the prospect of having to have a metal plate inserted in his head . |
| 3 | and they used to collect the rents from there er some of them and er up er he came home one day and he said erm , I 'm not going up there collecting again , as he er collected the bugs used to drop on his collecting pad I said , finish the job do n't go again , but anyway they persuaded the people to take the rents into the office you see instead of having to have a rent collector , but er it was horrible he , he worked for them twenty five years and then when he was sixty four he had his , a stroke , but he went back again after eight months and he completed his job for when , you know he stayed in the office , he was er him and erm started the rebate , well it was footwork the rebate system was worked out at the Town Hall , but they , the rent men had to carry it out you see and er he er work the system out and of course erm , when he was sixty five he finished , course he was lucky really , but then er he could get about fairly well , but after the years drew on you know his , his health deteriorated and er but he lived er he was sixty four and he was eighty five when he died but erm |
| 4 | Whether the satisfaction occurred , and whether it outweighed the inconvenience of having to have an egg handy , was as hard to substantiate as most other claims for the wonders of depth psychology . |
| 5 | did he ever explain to you what the urgency of having to have the article in on the following Saturday was ? , did he ev , did he ever tell you anything ? |
| 6 | During the latter part of the night , in spite of having had no sleep , feelings of fatigue begin to diminish . |
| 7 | A shutter came down over his eyes and she had the sensation of having had a door slam very firmly in her face . |
| 8 | Having an idea of having had an idea is having an idea of two things . |
| 9 | Right , Harold 's been sort of trying to have a look at it all week long , but he 's , he has n't really got time . |