Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] have the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ He did not have the greatest game as a player , but as a captain he was wonderful . ’ |
| 4 | The mayor continued his address , but he did not have the right answers . |
| 5 | He was due to be put down because he did not have the right ears for a show class pedigree corgi . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Mark says he was accompanied to the flat , but then realised he did n't have the right keys … he claims he offered to find Graham , but the officers broke in straight . |
| 12 | He looked embarrassed and said he did n't have the faintest idea . |
| 13 | And Freud and a lot of other German speaking people , thought that he had let them down , because he did n't have the political goodness . |
| 14 | He did n't have the natural ability of his brother , Red , but he was bigger and stronger . |
| 15 | This does not mean to say that he does not have the necessary competence to perform adequately as a member of a wider society , but it is in general a passive competence . |
| 16 | It could be that Lord Roskill wished in this way to exonerate the mischievous label-switcher , but that person is anyway not guilty of theft because he does not have the mental element . |
| 17 | ‘ The boat will not have proper insurance cover because he does not have the correct safety certificates and if there was an accident or the boat sank , everybody on board would be in trouble . ’ |
| 18 | The difficulty of winning a championship , the strain and gamble it involves , are so great that if a driver does not carry through to the following year sufficient momentum and he does not have the same advantage — of car , team , etc. — that he had the previous year , the results are often disappointing . |
| 19 | The former England midfield player admits he does not have the running power to dominate games like he used to , but he uses his lungs to great effect . |
| 20 | These loopholes remain despite the concern of some judges such as Mr Justice Boreham , who once said in judgment ‘ I know a little about life and even if [ the accused ] had had intercourse with the girl before , he does not have the prescriptive right to it thereafter . |
| 21 | If I ask for extra to buy baby clothes , he says he does n't have the spare cash . |
| 22 | ‘ He does n't have the inside knowledge to deal with questions . ’ |