Example sentences of "have not have the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worse for them , whether they go on backing Mr Gorbachev or opt for some other tough guy , the rattle of gunfire has not had the intended effect . |
| 2 | ‘ At least he is symmetrical but his left leg has not had the same exercise so it 's not the same size as his right . ’ |
| 3 | The hostility to alleged traitors took extreme form in the murders of Sudbury , Hales and Cavendish , and equally strong was the dislike of the King 's uncle , John of Gaunt — his palace of the Savoy was burned down ( although it is uncertain whether the Kentishmen or the Londoners played the leading part in this ) and he would probably have shared the fate of Sudbury and the others if he had not had the good fortune to be in the North negotiating with the Scots . |
| 4 | We do not know whether the process would have reached its conclusion if Mr. Thorpe had not had the alternative course open to him . |
| 5 | The first is based squarely on the suggestion that it is simply an illusion to suppose that any truth , or any significant role in social explanation need be assigned to counterfactuals of the form , ‘ If individual X had not had the psychological characteristic a , they could not have performed action b and event p would not have occurred . ’ |
| 6 | She relaxed , then became aware of disappointment from the knowledge that he had not had the slightest intention of kissing her after all . |
| 7 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
| 8 | She had felt much the same herself of late , restless , needing to work off that restlessness , only she had n't had the same opportunities to indulge herself . |
| 9 | Olive Stevenson points out how difficult it is to empathise with older people because we have not had the same experiences . |
| 10 | At the same time it should be pointed out that other initiatives along similar lines have not had the same degree of success , and that the question of initial input must be crucial . |
| 11 | ‘ Of course , you have n't had the dubious pleasure yet , have you ? ’ |
| 12 | We have n't had the ridiculous spectacle of our leader 's press officer interrupting a press conference to contradict him . ’ |
| 13 | He says they have n't had the economic boom . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I have n't had the remotest enquiry for any of my players , whether on the list or not , but that does n't surprise me . |
| 15 | And the ones who have n't had the bad time might well be suffering because they 're not being allowed the benefits of hormone replacement therapy . |
| 16 | we have n't had the bad weather , we have n't had the fogs that |