Example sentences of "[vb infin] [not/n't] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth looked consciously unmoved , as though someone had paid her a compliment which , in modesty , she must affect not to have heard . |
| 2 | I think I would be top of any seed 's list of players they would prefer not to have in their section . ’ |
| 3 | I would prefer not to have my guy stand up and say I may have been involved in an assassination . ’ |
| 4 | A woman told me recently that when she said that she would prefer not to have one , her obstetrician exclaimed : ‘ Not have an enema ? |
| 5 | I 'd prefer not to have to lie about it myself Naturally , I sha n't volunteer the information . |
| 6 | You , I am sure , have a better use for your manpower and I would prefer not to have an officer sitting in the hall like a bailiff . ’ |
| 7 | The upshot is a version of what is known as preference utilitarianism , for which what counts in favour of an act is not that it promotes a kind of experience known as pleasure or prevents a kind of experience called pain , but that it provides people with what they would prefer to have and prevents their having what they would prefer not to have . |
| 8 | Sometimes the question of what a public authority ought to have done in performance of its duties will be politically or morally contentious , and the court would prefer not to have to pronounce on the issue . |
| 9 | They would prefer not to have to make a financial contribution , regardless of their ability to pay . |
| 10 | Tuathal said , ‘ i do n't suppose you mean that , but I 'd prefer not to have heard it . |
| 11 | I 'd prefer not to have any cups of coffee thrown in my face . ’ |
| 12 | I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent . |
| 13 | ‘ If you do n't want or do n't have time to haggle , ’ says Mr Latif , ‘ you should make sure you buy your carpet , your jewellery , or your woodwork from a fixed-price store . |
| 14 | ‘ There are things we ca n't yet contemplate doing because even if we did we do n't have the processing power to take advantage of them . ’ |
| 15 | The er I I shall pull back slightly on that comment in that , if it 's jointly owned property it 's outside the will you therefore do n't have to prove the will to deal with that property , but if it is a large estate and you are dealing with other assets , when you do your inland revenue account you also have to refer to property you may have had the power of dealing while you were alive and that would include jointly owned property . |
| 16 | ( we do just do n't have the reputation for it ) . |
| 17 | Right in that case its probably a better idea if we go out after the exams , if you want , I mean , do n't you do n't have |
| 18 | It is but then er there are many schemes that er we have that do n't have as good a rate of return as the the blue route , that is an extremely healthy economic rate of return for the outer northern blue route . |
| 19 | And it was n't as effective but other than that I ca n't I do n't have the sort of the detailed information to er to refer to . |
| 20 | So when I said to Bob this morning was it Bob , I said do n't I do n't have a magic wand that 's gon na get rid of them but what I hope I 'm gon na give you over these two days is a system whereby you can use that and can support you so you 're able to effectively present despite having the nerves and be able to put over your point of view effectively , yeah ? |
| 21 | Well that 's the best thing , yo you should n't er you do n't have to be aware . |
| 22 | See we do n't have our heating on continuously . |
| 23 | He do n't supposedly do n't have any money . |
| 24 | Cutting bricks is another fault of Russ , it 's all commonsense actually if you think about it , I mean actually we 've drove round at night looking at people 's walls and things like that and some were absolutely appalling , they 've obviously paid money to have that done , so you , you , you can see it do n't have to be absolutely perfect |
| 25 | yeah doing , doing the maths you see I do n't have to do another science next year |
| 26 | And erm they have n't had Thomas does n't remember not having Harry around |
| 27 | I do n't like not having enough money and I do n't like not having enough sex and I detest the way the children dress and I detest going to your mother 's every week and I loathe the way you clench your teeth and I loathe the way you never help and I hate the way you never ask but I love you |
| 28 | I do n't like not having enough money and I do n't like not having enough sex and I detest the way the children dress and I detest going to your mother 's every week and I loathe the way you clench your teeth and I loathe the way you never help and I hate the way you never ask but I love you |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't mind not having a joint account , do you , darling ? ’ he said to her . |
| 30 | I HOPE when the Church of England Synod meets again it will decide not to have women priests in the ministry . |