Example sentences of "having a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defending solicitor tried to fault her on identification but she described the car as having a metallic paint job , wide wheels and a number of triangular stickers in the rear window ; she also thought that she could remember a couple of fluffy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror , and she gave the first three letters of the registration number . |
| 2 | They are having a terrible life of it . |
| 3 | I was the best-known face in East Anglia , but I was having a terrible time . |
| 4 | ‘ You know , St. David , that Welsh rugby has been having a terrible time lately . |
| 5 | Almost all British analyses use a unit similar or identical to what I call a tone-unit , and many writers see this unit as having a crucial role in linking intonation to higher-level grammatical units . |
| 6 | By virtue of having a prior claim on assets and having a fixed and legally enforceable income and redemption , fixed interest debentures are usually assumed to offer less risk to the investor . |
| 7 | Witness the image of the watch : it remained easy to think of the system as having a grand purpose built into it . |
| 8 | There he was , having a grand time pulling off clusters of half-grown green apples and gobbling them up . |
| 9 | We are not having a private discussion about Aschmann . |
| 10 | Accommodation is of the highest standard , all twin rooms having a private balcony and bathroom . |
| 11 | Harry turned back to Sam , with whom he had been having a private conversation on a quite different subject . |
| 12 | As a matter of fact , we were having a private conversation in here . |
| 13 | But Chester , who had their manager Harry McNally sent from the dugout in the first half for protesting about a high tackle by Smith on midfielder Gary Bennett ‘ I was having a private conversation in the dugout with one of my staff when the linesman interrupted ’ he said later started creating chances . |
| 14 | I 'd have pay the fully thingy you know , with with having a private house you know what I mean ? |
| 15 | Cawthorne seemed to be having a private party . |
| 16 | This was not an offence under the Act because it does not extend to the domestic situation and a club having a private membership enjoys a private or domestic status . |
| 17 | The trick is to try and look beyond them to the interviewer and talk as though the two of you are having a personal conversation . |
| 18 | ‘ Except that you were right when you once accused me of having a personal prejudice . |
| 19 | ‘ He feels very , very fully occupied , ’ said Mrs Quigley , ‘ but we are getting some very serious indications that he has been … having a personal rethink . ’ |
| 20 | She needs reassurance from adults and can take on the worries of the world , having a strong sense of justice and fairness . |
| 21 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The record company being Elektra , which through four very different decades , has maintained a certain sense of style , not just in terms of its music , but also in terms of having a strong sense of artistic integrity . ’ |
| 23 | The ones described so far probably represent the major positions available to fans , but it is vital to note that simply having a strong relationship with an occupant of one of these role-position holders also afforded some degree of status . |
| 24 | Having a strong personality , she had battled her way into the medical profession and convinced many doctors by demonstration that at the very least they could n't shut their eyes to the possibilities of her treatment . |
| 25 | That was all very well , but the feel of Molly 's firm large breast in his hand was having a strong effect on his animal instincts . |
| 26 | Investing for the future although , although we 've been keen to drive for cash er , we really wanted to , to use the benefit of having a strong balance sheet and so where investment has seemed sensible and sound , we 've made those investments , of course we 've put er , cash in the B Sky B er and we 've also invested further in the er Spanish group , the Recollectors Group taking our stake in expansion , adding some cash and getting a stake in the bigger bigger grouping . |
| 27 | After that , it was simply a matter of having a strong wind , the sailors climbing up and down the rigging , adjusting the sail to catch every breeze and puff of air while look-outs were posted high above the mast . |
| 28 | He hoped in the end to be chosen for the Chair of Natural History in Edinburgh , having a strong feeling ( by then old-fashioned ) that natural history was really one field . |
| 29 | It was not all going to be wine and roses ; and Leonard again felt the sharp problem of the Canadian writer at that time — having a small home market , not wishing to become artistically part of the ‘ 53rd State ’ of America , and yet having nowhere else to go . |
| 30 | Overcooking destroys vitamins , so vegetables are best eaten either raw or lightly cooked , and as some vitamins are lost after harvesting , the sooner the vegetables are eaten , the better — a good argument for having a small vegetable plot . |