Example sentences of "[pers pn] had not 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Yesterday she had n't had a chance to look properly . |
| 11 | ‘ She said she had n't had a drink in 10 days . |
| 12 | She had n't had a headache today , in spite of the thundery heat . |
| 13 | She had not had a chance to mention it to Charlotte Hanover before their … their contretemps of the other night , and assumed that he would have the decency to realize that she would not , in any case , want him to accompany her now . |
| 14 | We switched off everything , I 'm sure , and we had n't had a fire in the grate for days . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They were pleased to have a nurse you see cos they had n't had a nurse . |
| 17 | ‘ I could see that he had not had a drink yet and I was doubly surprised that he seemed in a good mood . ’ |
| 18 | It dawned on him that he had not had a date for weeks , and his first one would be with her at the Edwardian Ball . |
| 19 | ‘ When we understood what he meant to do , we endeavoured to dissuade him ; but he was resolute , saying he had not had a roll for a long time ; and taking out of his pockets whatever might be in them — keys , pencil , purse , or pen-knife — and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . ’ |
| 20 | He had not had a woman for weeks — not since that last trip to the Wilds — and that had been a sing-song girl , all artifice and expertise . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He had n't had a clothing parcel for a long time . |
| 23 | He had n't had a book out . |
| 24 | 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 . |