Example sentences of "[pron] have not have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 3 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |
| 4 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 5 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 6 | I had n't had a shot in minutes . |
| 7 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't have offered to help if I had n't had the experience necessary . |
| 9 | Cos I had n't had the gang then do you see , there was only two of us then . |
| 10 | It was looking a mess because I had n't had the heart to tidy it ; the sky outside had a yellow-grey sameness , without a hint of where the sun might be , and in that light the flowers on the dirty brown wallpaper looked sadder than ever . |
| 11 | I slumped to my knees , burdened by the hopeless regret that I had n't had the chance to do this just a bit sooner . |
| 12 | If I had n't had the golf-bag on my shoulder , I would have taken off with the umbrella . |
| 13 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 14 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 15 | But I had not had a winner since December 27 when Mr Entertainer won at Kempton Park , and many of my horses had been sick . ’ |
| 16 | If I had not had a sensation which resembles my present sensation I could not assert , ‘ My sensation is a sensation of white ’ with the same meaning as it would have if I had had a sensation resembling it . |
| 17 | I had not had the benefit of that lovely electricity for long , but how I did miss it when it absented itself . |
| 18 | If I had not had the support of Project 81 members , the head of care at Le Court and other friends , I do not think I could have survived . |
| 19 | and it 's everything just to stop you getting at what , well get it then yeah , I 've , I do n't mind some of it , I 've not had a bit of marzipan for I do n't mind these erm almond slices , I quite like them , but I think it must be the texture of the marzipan |
| 20 | Tell her I 'll starve to death , cos I 've not had a bit of cake ! |
| 21 | I 've not had a blow lamp going this morning at all . |
| 22 | I 've not had a chance to visit abroad yet but I think I 've got two visits booked next year to various remoter parts of the world , but I 've met some who are on leave , recuperating from the circumstances they 've been in , sometimes illness , sometimes just the sheer tension of being under fire . |
| 23 | Matt 's been looking through it for us , I 've not had a chance to look at it yet . |
| 24 | he gave me a number to phone and I 've tried phoning and I 've not had a response , but I 'll keep trying |
| 25 | ‘ I 've not had a cup of tea all night , ’ she says . |
| 26 | I 've not had the benefit of walking round the grounds of Skelton Hall . |
| 27 | I 've not had the experience perhaps of teaching so many dyslexic children to be able to comment on this , but certainly when I was making the videotape at Brickwall School and I asked the headmaster about that and he pointed to the fact that they certainly have a very wide intake , a complete social mix , and Professor Miles at Bangor University says that in his experience of dealing with dyslexic children they come from all walks of life , and it 's really quite inaccurate — I suppose there 's a sense in which , if we 've got to use these phrases , that middle class people have always been very concerned about the education of their children and so they may be the parents who will ask questions about their children 's lack of development , but I think it 's only , you know , more significant in middle class terms because of that . |
| 28 | Nothing has gone down my throat , in fact I 'm dying for a beer , I have n't had a drink all morning |
| 29 | ‘ But I am under no pressure to sell and I have n't had a phone call for any player — Mick Quinn included . ’ |
| 30 | I have n't had a phone all week . |