Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 2 | Jean-Claude may have had artistic integrity on his side but he did not have a legal leg to stand on . |
| 3 | He did not have a good journey from Greshornish ; the ground proved so soft that he frequently had to dismount and walk . |
| 4 | He is a double winner of the rally but that was some time ago and since then McKinstry has made the place very much is own , his sequence of victories punctuated only by the years in which he did not have a competitive car or the opposition included someone of the calibre of Mikael Sundstrom . |
| 5 | He was unlike Tait or Rayleigh or J. J. Thomson in that he did not have the useful start in scientific life of a Cambridge degree , or indeed any degree . |
| 6 | In a large field he did not have the clearest of runs as he challenged as a result of which he finished fast but too late having to settle for fourth place to the Ebor winner Quick Ransom . |
| 7 | ‘ He did not have the greatest game as a player , but as a captain he was wonderful . ’ |
| 8 | The mayor continued his address , but he did not have the right answers . |
| 9 | He was due to be put down because he did not have the right ears for a show class pedigree corgi . |
| 10 | George II died in October 1770 and his grandson , twenty-two years of age , became George III and he did not have the same deep concern for Hanover as had his forbears . |
| 11 | He did not have the tense , predatory look of a stalking wolf , nor the jerky movements of a frightened horse ; rather , he looked more like a dozy mare watching her foal . |
| 12 | Since he did not have the physical strength of most of the others , this was important for him and must have contributed a lot to his effectiveness . |
| 13 | The European Athletic Association ( EAA ) have said that Jackson 's European 110-metre hurdles record of 13.06 secs , set at Crystal Palace in July , will not count because he did not have the mandatory post-race drugs test . |
| 14 | He did not have the military power to offer protection to Englishmen overseas ; if the Spanish from the south were to attack English colonies , they would have to defend themselves or rely on English diplomacy , because Charles could send neither ships nor troops across the Atlantic for help . |
| 15 | Mr Adamec failed to form a consensus government after the November revolution , and conceded after being elected that he did not have an easy task . |
| 16 | He did not have an outstanding game but was given the warmest of receptions by the crowd when he batted and was helped on his way by reassuring words from Desmond Haynes , a fellow Barbadian . |
| 17 | ‘ We had informed the ACU of our plans and were told there was no objection ’ , Ernie told me , ‘ but then we received news that Mark would not be accepted for the Superteen because he did n't have a restricted licence and he had also scored points in the previous year 's British championship . |
| 18 | The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying ! |
| 19 | He did n't have a classic swing and he seemed so laid-back , so much the , well , regular guy . |
| 20 | I was definitely pleased , but vaguely uneasy when I discovered that he did n't have a black rim around his neck . |
| 21 | So he did n't have a normal life a boy of his circumstances in those days . |
| 22 | So then this fellow comes to the phone , obviously his missus had entered it and he did n't have a bloody clue that she 'd gone in for it and he 'd just come home from work and er Annika Rice there , saying oh where is she ? |
| 23 | You see , unfortunately , he did n't have a strong physique and eventually started to take fits . |
| 24 | He did n't have a good voice but he was never off-key . |
| 25 | Yes I do , there 's still injury doubts over Alan Jedsa , Paul keeps his place in the side , he did n't have a particular good game against Notts County ; one horrendous effort — error there , but he has played well generally and especially the same side that started that match at Notts County , so we can expect to see both full backs pushing up and really hopefully an open game like the one against Port Vale . |
| 26 | It was all something to do with their thinking he did n't have a proper job , so they said . |
| 27 | He did n't th he did n't have a public phone that was a private phone he had . |
| 28 | He did n't have a pre-ordained and immutable structure to his body , but curled and writhed like a cobra . |
| 29 | He did n't have a comfortable drag Joyce |
| 30 | He did n't have a striped jersey or a bag marked Swag as far as the Old Bill are concerned . ’ |