Example sentences of "he was having [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In true transient fashion , Sam ( background unknown ) was inheriting more temporary ‘ owners ’ than he was having meals .
2 As Mr Myer had been on duty under somewhat arduous conditions for several months he decided that his nerves were playing tricks on him and that he was having hallucinations .
3 He was having treatment which cleaned out the veins .
4 However , he did tell Gedge he was having thoughts of leaving , but did not say why .
5 He was having heart problems , it was exceedingly hot and he did not want to rehearse .
6 Every penny he was paying he was having grant for it from the government Aye .
7 His humour was sometimes expressed in schoolboyish practical jokes , but he possessed also a quicksilver wit , as illustrated by his remark to Lady ( Margaret ) Keynes ( née Darwin ) , who told him she had been bitten by an ape at Gibraltar : ‘ He was having revenge on the Darwins . ’
8 He was having lunch with his agent and some Americans . ’
9 ’ In the end he was having sex with me nearly every day , in the music room mostly .
10 I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa .
11 He was having problems … ’
12 He was having problems raising his left arm and he could n't twist his head .
13 He was having problems until he hit upon the idea of chickenwire .
14 When MacDonald told him on 29 September that he was having difficulty finding a formula which could unite his colleagues , George V
15 In 1922 the manager of the Grand Theater in DeQueen , Arkansas , explained to the readers of the Exhibitors Herald that he was having difficulty in choosing between the easily satisfied ‘ masses ’ , who just wanted shorts , and the much more difficult to please ‘ classes ’ , who wanted programmes especially prepared for them .
16 He was now trying to drag one of the wavy-bladed Malayan daggers out of his belt , which was actually a cummerbund ; he was having difficulty , though , because the corrugated edges had got caught in his shirt .
17 At table that evening , the current Macleod seemed depressed ; he was having difficulty with relatives .
18 Yes , ’ he muttered , and frowned as though he was having difficulty getting a grip on what she was saying .
19 He 's having he was having punch
20 Mr Adamec said that he was having trouble recruiting such experts into the cabinet .
21 We 'd clear them out for the licensee if he was having trouble .
22 Then he 'd tell Phil Simpkin that he was having trouble with one of the staff , and she 'd be out on her wiggly bottom before she knew what hit her .
23 He was having trouble playing it down , with a full-scale sex scandal to contend with .
24 Dauntless found he was having trouble remembering how to speak .
25 He was having trouble with his hearing-aid .
26 and he was having trouble with the wife were n't he secretary .
27 But if he was having trouble firing out
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