Example sentences of "[not/n't] have a [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to disappoint the hon. Member for Eastbourne , but the chances of a local income tax are nil , because his party does not have a cat in hell 's chance of ever being returned to government . |
| 2 | Due to the way in which he handled its introduction , it did not have a cat in hell 's chance of succeeding . |
| 3 | Legality was important to the President because , although he had won the presidential election , he did not have a majority in Congress . |
| 4 | Unlike the government in Britain , the President 's party often does not have a majority in Congress . |
| 5 | We could not have a debate in Committee and the House deserves serious answers on this extremely important issue . |
| 6 | The late Ian Fleming did not have a monopoly in tongue-in-cheek , humorous adventures about secret agents , but a novelist might commit the tort of passing-off if he changes his name to Ian Fleming or uses the name James Bond or the 007 code in his novel . |
| 7 | The health service does not have a monopoly in cleaning , catering and laundry skills in the same way that it does in the skills required to treat sick people . |
| 8 | Is there anyone who does not have a copy in front of them ? |
| 9 | This sort of tactic , or cheating , clearly does not have a place in rugby at any level , and I trust that linesmen and referees will be more vigilant and that the TV pundits accept the evidence of their eyes and expose the practitioners of dangerous tactics . |
| 10 | There is a , an occasion when you would n't have a comma in front of that relative pronoun . |
| 11 | ‘ At one time they 'd have thought it odd if I did n't have a girl in tow . |
| 12 | ‘ I hate to say it , but their marriage does n't have a hope in hell . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Apparently so and if that 's proved then Len would n't have a hope in hell of bringing a case . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Look , man , Airborne does n't have a base in town . |
| 15 | You had a , you had a choice in sequence of doing things but you did n't have a choice in method , whereas in the tank farm I think you had a choice of method . |
| 16 | And he did n't have a background in selling advertising space . |
| 17 | If you ca n't have a debate in cabinet , what 's the point off cabinet ? |