Example sentences of "were having a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you 'd told him I were having a couple of days |
| 2 | You can say you were having a word with me . |
| 3 | Well we were having a discussion about erm whether it should be brought back . |
| 4 | It 's I do n't know what it was , er they hardly , we were having a discussion with the doctor , erm none of them would put forward their opinions or their views or what they thought |
| 5 | ‘ I thought they were having a council of war this afternoon , ’ said Amiss . |
| 6 | Well no he went out but they somebody ran in there and h well B Brian and I think Pat and David were having a drink with him and I think they suddenly thought well he 's been in there a long time . |
| 7 | So last night , I thought , I wo n't do anything till he comes in but we 'd got company and er , they went outside , they were having a look at car engine and that , telling us what were wrong , you know . |
| 8 | Yes she were having a look at a lamb , seeing if it were alright for the thing and er we decided that they would n't be alright because where her shed thing is , it 's too far away from house . |
| 9 | They were having a mission at the time and the preacher told Mother that it would have done her far more good to go to chapel than knit a quilt . |
| 10 | Er there were lots of er little panes broken before but er whether our lads were having a bit of a pot shot . |
| 11 | But he argued : ‘ I do n't know why the fans were having a go at me . |
| 12 | I mean , I 'm furious , again , in the newspaper this morning they were having a go at Convenor Milligan ! |
| 13 | So most of the people who were having abortions were people who were having a child by some other man ? |
| 14 | I was particularly close to one girl in there , very close indeed , and we were having a relationship during the sentence I 've just finished . |
| 15 | One day we were having a glass of beer with Richard Burbage at the Boar 's Head in Eastcheap . |
| 16 | They were having a cup of tea in the drawing-room . |
| 17 | All done , were having a cup of tea before I drop Jean at Marg 's . |
| 18 | Tribe , not knowing how to fly when the propeller stopped turning , glided heavily eastward and crash-landed in a field full of German infantry , who were having a meal before going up to join the attack . |
| 19 | She would be pleased that the orphans were having a Christmas in the bosom of a family , since Christmas is a time for families . |
| 20 | So you see they were having a difference of opinion over that and he 's saying you should n't , you should 've left it all to me and she says I 've done it for last fifty year and , you know , all this . |
| 21 | Reginald and Henry were having a game of billiards . |
| 22 | Well fair 's fair I were having a coffee with you , I 'm not just gon na walk out . |
| 23 | Once she had written , another decision would have been taken , and he would tell them in the office that they were having a stab at Italy this year , he 'd managed to track down a villa in Tuscany . |
| 24 | Well all th all these lads that have gone back , they were having a hell of a life in the town of course . |
| 25 | You would have to be a professional cobbler-up of sit-coms to give much credence to the available scenarios , but just in case , I suppose they are that : a ) the tests were so incompetently performed that even a baboon 's sample would have produced the same reading as was clocked by the three athletes identically ; b ) the three runners were having a joke at the testers ' expense ; c ) the German trio was deliberately testing the vigilance of the drug monitors at a relatively out-of-the-way venue , for reasons of their own ; d ) that the samples were not urine at all but a draught of refreshing Lucozade , tested in error . |
| 26 | Recently , we were having a debate in the Lords and we got on to nationalization and I said that one thing that we need to nationalize in this country is the Treasury , but nobody has ever succeeded . |
| 27 | if we were having a caravan like that , I 'd be too frightened to let it . |