Example sentences of "have not a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRIGHTON : In six verbose years as leader of his party , Neil Kinnock has not a memorable phrase to his credit . |
| 2 | It is clear that the Secretary of State has not a single idea on the issue . |
| 3 | The men had not a dry thread on their bodies ; there was not a dugout that could provide dry accommodation . |
| 4 | They had not a great deal of choice . |
| 5 | They may giggle and act as though they have not a serious thought in their heads , but they know exactly what they are up to . |
| 6 | But the fact remains that , in the matter of Marius Steen 's death , we have not a solitary shred of evidence to go on . |
| 7 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |