Example sentences of "to [be] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They never seem to be having a great time . |
| 2 | Cawthorne seemed to be having a private party . |
| 3 | I mean , she seemed to be having a good time . |
| 4 | We 're supposed to be having a good time today ! ’ |
| 5 | to be having a long holiday ! |
| 6 | He must be in his early forties , Belinda decided , while Faye , she knew was thirty-eight — fairly old to be having a first child , which added a greater sense of urgency and importance to the task of keeping her pregnancy on track . |
| 7 | The heat seemed to be having a heady effect on her , Lindsey thought faintly . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't even need to be having a nervous breakdown to become a burden to a priest husband , you know . |
| 9 | Terry appeared to be having a nervous breakdown ; her mother was foolishly trying to be everything to everybody and only succeeded in adding to the confusion . |
| 10 | That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time . |
| 11 | To an Elf or a Dwarf , they seem to be having a violent argument . |
| 12 | at the minute because we 're going to be having a new one here anyway . |
| 13 | Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened . |
| 14 | Similarly , the depletion of the ozone layer , also due to human activity , was believed to be having a cooling effect . |
| 15 | The loss of the ozone layer is also believed to be having a cooling effect . |
| 16 | He set up the TV Times coverage , and we all pretended to be having a wonderful time for the benefit of the camera . |
| 17 | The ideal seems to be to have a down load on the tow bar of 10–15 kg ( 20–301b ) . |