Example sentences of "[pron] had n't have a [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 Yesterday she had n't had a chance to look properly .
8 ‘ She said she had n't had a drink in 10 days .
9 She had n't had a headache today , in spite of the thundery heat .
10 We switched off everything , I 'm sure , and we had n't had a fire in the grate for days .
11 And if she had n't brought those stupid letters , if they had n't had a row about them , it could have been fun working with him .
12 They were pleased to have a nurse you see cos they had n't had a nurse .
13 Outside , the sun lashed him across the forehead with a warning of another headache to come , and he wished he had n't had a drink with lunch at paderborn .
14 He had n't had a clothing parcel for a long time .
15 He had n't had a book out .
16 He wrote his plea as follows : if he had n't had a reply from her before noon on the last day of the week ( which meant return post ) he would trouble her no more .
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