Example sentences of "have [not/n't] 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 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 .
3 We do not know whether the process would have reached its conclusion if Mr. Thorpe had not had the alternative course open to him .
4 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 . ’
5 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 .
6 ‘ Of course , you have n't had the dubious pleasure yet , have you ? ’
7 We have n't had the ridiculous spectacle of our leader 's press officer interrupting a press conference to contradict him . ’
8 He says they have n't had the economic boom .
9 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 .
10 we have n't had the bad weather , we have n't had the fogs that
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