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The phrase "a guy having" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are describing a situation involving a male person and an action or state he is experiencing.
Example: "I saw a guy having a great time at the concert last night."
Alternatives: "a man experiencing" or "a guy enjoying".
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And no, a guy having to wear a tie is not an analogy.
I don't think I've seen a guy having a retirement ceremony and the year is not even over.
"It is something that you feel for a guy having what happened to him at the Masters, and you'd like to see a guy like that bounce back.
Which leaves Alex Corbisiero, a hero with the Lions in Australia but a guy having difficulty with some referees, with it all to do.
"You see this in baseball, a guy having a hard time, go home, chill out, come back with a fresh mind," Ortiz said.
"We know it can go right, but it can also go spectacularly wrong," says Witjens. "I've spoken to women who've met a guy, having agreed to insemination, only to wind up giving him a hand-job or sex.
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A guy has a roving eye?
A guy had died in my apartment, he said.
"Not while a guy has that job," Manuel said.
"Why would a guy have that?" he asked.
A guy has gone missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
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