Example sentences of "have n't had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Up to now , the patch of land off Whessoe Road has n't had a great deal going for it .
2 Steve Kerton says it 's good to be back racing in this country and he has n't had a brilliant start but if he keeps picking up points might be in with a chance of winning
3 Steve Kerton says it 's good to be back racing in this country and he has n't had a brilliant start but if he keeps picking up points might be in with a chance of winning
4 Yeah , watch him , leave things there , he has n't had a dirty nappy today so
5 I 'll bet she has n't had a decent meal since her own funeral .
6 What he has n't had a single bottle today ?
7 The recession , not only affecting the UK of course , has hit hardware sales generally , but it has n't had a significant impact on the Unix market , because , IDC believes , that in times of a depressed economy and slow investments , information technology purchases tend to move to less expensive , low-end systems , which ‘ might mean Unix systems . ’
8 It suddenly struck Viola , in the midst of her rage , that she had n't had a good row for months .
9 I had n't had a good War for months ; the last one had been the Ordinary Soldiers versus the Aerosols .
10 As we had n't had a real holiday the year before , we thought an early spring holiday this year would do us good .
11 Terry 's family , unlike he himself , had n't had a great deal of experience of the world outside the States , so Peg had had an awful lot to learn .
12 I do n't believe I would ever have found my insects again if I had n't had a printed picture of the complete set of their evolutionary precursors , and even then it was difficult and tedious .
13 The key to the character was that he had n't had a decent bowel movement in forty-six years .
14 Wilson and I had n't had a proper meal the whole time and now my stomach was beginning to remind me there were other things in life besides Scotch and bourbon .
15 Scarlet did n't argue as she might have done if she had n't had a large vodka .
16 Does n't anybody else want to get up and scream DAVID HARVEY ! ! ! at the television , when ex wino Greavesie says Scotland have n't had a decent keeper in thirty years .
17 Of course , for serious devilry the War Bag has to go by itself , and a camera would just be a liability , but I have n't had a real threat for a couple of years , since the time some big boys in the town took to bullying me in Porteneil and ambushing me on the path .
18 Not because I have n't had a good run , just that I 'd like the run to continue .
19 If you have n't had a good laugh about work in the past two days , something 's wrong .
20 ‘ Southend have n't had a good start , but they came back from two down at Luton on Saturday which suggests there 's nothing wrong with their character . ’
21 I have n't had a genuine thought in years !
22 One of the things that 's wrong with British shipping is that too much of it is in the hands of ancient mariners , dyed-in-the-wool shipping families that have n't had a new idea since the days of sail .
23 I 'm no good at football , and I have n't had a steady job since last March , ’ he said glumly .
24 Well , we have n't had a single row er between the political parties or between the young people involved so far .
25 Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process .
26 Three years ago I planted leopard 's bane , and I have n't had a single leopard in the garden since !
27 a mate of mine said dead right , she said now , were not used to doing this she said so if you feel you have n't had a fair crack at the whip
28 You have n't had a fair deal so that 's the man to go to !
29 I have n't had a pretty girl on my knee for at least a week . ’
30 ‘ I have n't had a dramatic life , ’ he adds .
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