Example sentences of "i have not [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It seems remarkable now , when Glen Shiel is so busy , that I had not seen a car nor a human being since leaving Tomdoun eighteen miles earlier …
2 ‘ When the crowd really got behind us I had not heard a noise like it in seven years , ’ said co-manager Alan Curbishley .
3 But I had not become a member of the church .
4 Within twenty-four hours , Justine would be hanged , and I had not said a word to anyone about it .
5 It might have continued like that for me too , if I had not needed a chat with my local breastfeeding counsellor and realised she had not asked for any payment .
6 The copy of Sartre Adient I had not got a chance to read took up a third of the brief case .
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 Apart from anything else , I 've not met a girl I 'd want to spend the rest of my life with — at least , not until I met you , and Harry 's pipped me to the post . ’
11 I 've not done a wee .
12 Yes , erm well I I 've not done a wedding in a church actually yet , but then I 've only done three weddings , and , but the most interesting one was in a Brock in Glenelg and erm , that was quite exciting because the couple really thought about the service and they had selected that sight because it meant something to them , and involved the whole community and thereabout , and it was great !
13 I 've not seen a lot of it actually , so far .
14 Besides , I 've not touched a woman for months — except you , of course .
15 I 've not heard a cough since yesterday , ’ he moaned .
16 ‘ Look , I 've not planned a day ashore this time .
17 I 've not said a word against
18 I 've not enjoyed a dip in the briny since a little moonlighting I did , some time in the 1500s , when I helped a Greek pal of mine sing some mariners to their doom .
19 and it 's everything just to stop you getting at what , well get it then yeah , I 've , I do n't mind some of it , I 've not had a bit of marzipan for I do n't mind these erm almond slices , I quite like them , but I think it must be the texture of the marzipan
20 Tell her I 'll starve to death , cos I 've not had a bit of cake !
21 I 've not had a blow lamp going this morning at all .
22 I 've not had a chance to visit abroad yet but I think I 've got two visits booked next year to various remoter parts of the world , but I 've met some who are on leave , recuperating from the circumstances they 've been in , sometimes illness , sometimes just the sheer tension of being under fire .
23 Matt 's been looking through it for us , I 've not had a chance to look at it yet .
24 he gave me a number to phone and I 've tried phoning and I 've not had a response , but I 'll keep trying
25 I 've not had a cup of tea all night , ’ she says .
26 Oh I 've not got a prawn and cocktail or them little tiny fish nanny had .
27 And erm we 've just actually we 've just erm I 've not got a sample of it , we 've just got another louvre called a which is erm a P V C it 's more sort of similar to erm erm you know the the slats on a venetian blind
28 I 've not got a P in the anagram so I do n't think it can start with
29 You , you , I 've not got a slip
30 I have not met a college principal who intends to change that practice .
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