Example sentences of "the [noun] having a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This must have been when Parkin said he was out on the roof having a smoke , Dexter concluded . |
| 2 | Both came to the Sunday services immediately after coming along to the centre , one of the lads having a belief in Jesus but had never taken the step of repentance and asking Him into his heart , when he did his reaction was to say he felt the chains fall from him and that he believes Jesus has broken his addiction to alcohol . |
| 3 | see the kids having a look when it , you know , you watch . |
| 4 | Marble Steps , however , enclosed by a wall and under a canopy of foliage , looks almost inviting , the setting having a beauty in contrast to the desolate moorlands around . |
| 5 | In long-term use it should give a good biological action , the sponge having a surface area of 113cm 2 . |
| 6 | out in the corridor having a smoke |
| 7 | We were on the doorsteps , the bobbies having a smoke . |
| 8 | I can not see why the actuary having a liability for an employee , if that employee becomes a deferred pensioner that the actuary having a liability for the fund |
| 9 | I can not see why the actuary having a liability for an employee , if that employee becomes a deferred pensioner that the actuary having a liability for the fund |
| 10 | And this was the trolls having a celebration of some kind . |
| 11 | In the light of paragraph ( b ) the seller having a monopoly will be more likely to succeed if the buyer had been offered the chance of buying the goods , perhaps at a slightly higher price , on terms not including the exemption clause . |
| 12 | very pretty and er , it looks as if she ought to have been up the disco having a dance , any way |
| 13 | Doubts over aspects of the legislation came as the Labour leader , John Smith , accused the Prime Minister of trying to prevent the Commons having a say on the social chapter . |
| 14 | Maybe the quantum principle would mean that one could also avoid the histories having a beginning in time , a point of creation , at the big bang . |
| 15 | Okay erm Jim and Si were over by the trees having a fag and walked |
| 16 | This was obviously the Great Controller In The Sky having a laugh . |
| 17 | I do n't recall ever seeing a big beardy climber lying down in the heather having a tantrum , or a party of Outward Bound students holding their heads and crying into their gaiters , so one is forced to conclude that I am alone in my hill hysteria . |
| 18 | The finale in particular is a delight , with the brass having a field-day . |
| 19 | ‘ We were at the side of the lake having a bite to eat when it all happened . |
| 20 | But by then various other children were misbehaving too , so I sent them out , and suddenly I realized that half of my class was outside the door having a whale of a time ! |
| 21 | He found them , most unusually , sitting either side of the fireplace having a drink together . |
| 22 | The minimum international standards for dolphinariums insist on the mammals having a pool at least 10 metres deep , 30 metres wide and 150 metres long . |
| 23 | All the peoples of the far north-east wore two-layer deerskin clothing , the men having a jerkin pulled over the head , while women wore a combination garment . |
| 24 | When they were well they were all in the garden having a party . |
| 25 | Develop a sense of the audience having a responsibility , not simply being passive . |
| 26 | The scene cuts to the couple having a cup of coffee . |
| 27 | Some countries — such as France — see EMU as a way of winning back some power from the West Germans , since a European central bank would mean all the members of the EC having a say in how policy is conducted . |
| 28 | This idea of the representative having a right , and even a duty , to exercise an independent judgement , with this independence being the core of what is held to distinguish a representative from a mere delegate , is a notion which has long survived Burke 's formulation of it . |
| 29 | This amounted to FF29.2 billion last year with the French having a surplus in their trade with Britain to the tune of £729 million . |
| 30 | He sat in the office having a cup of tea . |