How to use "having" in a sentence

My friends are having a party there

Leona, one of the people I live and work with, is having a goodbye party on Monday night

Brion After was having better luck

I was just thinking of getting out of there and having some breakfast when the President said, 'Boy, is that your stomach making that noise?' So I said, 'Yes,' and the President said, 'Well, come on, boy, let's go and get something to eat!' And I followed him into the house, and a waiter got us some breakfast.

I think about having a house and a family and things like that now

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of ''interposition" and "nullification" - one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

And while I do not choose now to specify particular acts of Congress as proper to be enforced, I do suggest that it will be much safer for all, both in official and private stations, to conform to and abide by all those acts which stand un repealed, than to violate any of them, trusting to find impunity in having them held to be unconstitutional.

But if the destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is LESS perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity.

At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal

I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the national Constitution amended

"Woe unto the world because of offences; for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that mam by whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time

Just over half an hour before, Russian and Polish Jews were having a discussion in the club

Later that morning, as the bishop and his sister were having breakfast, there was a knock on the door

Valjean, who did not remember having made such a promise, was silent.

That winter, Fantine saved money by not having a fire, and developed a small, dry cough

He sat by her bed for an hour and then, having told the nurses to look after her, he returned to his home

Finally, having heard all the evidence, the judge called for silence

A few minutes later, having heard only silence, he turned round

One evening, having followed them to the house and watched them enter, he went in after them and spoke to the concierge

'No wallet?' Thenardier cried, having searched his pockets

'Time!' cried the prisoner in a loud voice, jumping from the bed, having secretly cut the ropes that tied him

Marius went pale at the thought of having to choose which man had to die

'A fool who prefers fighting to dancing and having fun

He was proud of having helped to bring her happiness with Marius, but another thing troubled his soul: the fact that nobody, not even Cosette, knew the truth about him

Marius, meanwhile, was grateful for finally having the chance to help Thenardier, and therefore to keep the promise he had made to his father

"Oh, well, I suppose we can change the subject, but we are having a really interesting conversation."

And sometimes the cases are interesting, and he likes having some good stories to tell the guys in the pub

I suppose you didn't notice, but those two are having some sort of romantic affair."

"She's lying down, having a little rest."

We've been having a lot of fun! This week, they gave us the chance to try snowboarding as well as skiing."

He's changing! The pod is having some kind of effect on him!" she gasped.

"He's having lots of fun," said one of his sisters

"Oh, he's having a wonderful time," said Dani

"Cham is having such a good time that we've decided I should do Pod Life, too."

'Mr de Winter is having coffee with us

'Why not tomorrow evening? I'm having a few friends...'

He was having breakfast at a small table in his sitting-room

One afternoon, I was having tea alone when the wife of the bishop called

I heard the phone ring while I was having breakfast and Frith answered it

Are you having a Fancy Dress Ball at Manderley this year?'

'I'm not used to having messages sent by Robert

The people in the house are having a party

At the time, Tina was certain that Danny was aware of the nightly arguments she and Michael were having in their own bedroom, which was next to his, and that he wanted to move into the den so he wouldn't be able to hear them bickering

She and Michael hadn't yet begun to raise their voices to each other; their disagreements had been conducted in normal tones, sometimes even in whispers, yet Danny probably had heard enough to know they were having problems.

If she had left this message, she must be having blackouts, temporary amnesia of which she was totally unaware

A couple of minutes later, having completed the call, Tina went back to Danny's room to survey the damage again

"There's more to life than just having a flashy career," Michael said pontifically

She had to take another small sip of cognac before she was able to say what was on her mind, and she realized that he had been right about the liquor having little effect on her

That's why I'm having such a hard time accepting that he's gone

That's why I'm having nightmares

"Nothing could be worse than the ones I'm having now."

"You're so modest about having built a splendid law practice, yet you're an egomaniac when it comes to your cooking."

He could not remember ever having been half so clumsy in the kitchen as he was this evening

Now, for the judge's benefit, and to explain why an exhumation had suddenly become such a vital matter, Elliot exaggerated the anguish and confusion that Tina had undergone as a direct consequence of never having seen the body of her child.

Her sudden gullibility dismayed and alarmed her, because it indicated that the decision to have Danny's body exhumed was not having the stabilizing effect on her emotions that she had hoped it would.

Rule out all of this nonsense about the dream having been sent by some outside force

They were just ordinary people in a roadside restaurant, having dinner.

Evans felt guilty about not having had the courage to view the boy's mutilated body prior to the burial

George liked to believe that they might even find it in their hearts to forgive him for having pulled the trigger himself.

Considering the high price that they had paid for the pathetically insufficient information they had obtained, he couldn't tolerate the prospect of all their pain and fear and anxiety having been for naught.

She was having difficulty-wrapping Danny securely in the blanket because he wouldn't let go of her

'Protect my boy from what? Don't you understand? I'm here so that Henri won't be the son of a woman who went to the guillotine for having murdered his father! Don't you understand that I would much prefer the guillotine to the living death of this asylum?'

Helene, I am having trouble

'Don't you think,' said my wife, 'that Miss Cram might just like having an interesting job?'

'Len, do you really think I am having a romance with Lawrence Redding?'

Intuition is like reading a word without having to spell it out

'It's so awful - having to tell you these things,' she cried

They are having a love affair

She heard Mercy having a bath, then getting ready to leave the house

She is having an affair with Mensar-Arthur.'

My one hope now was to prove Laura's identity, but Mr Kyrle, having heard the whole story, said that it would be impossible

After having read them all, Mr Kyrle said that Laura's identity was now proved

Often, women have to choose between having a family and having a career