Example sentences of "do [adv] have [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He did not have mother 's shrewdness , nor her education , and lacked the family support given to mother by her parents .
2 He did not have Alain 's humour or compassion .
3 In fact , the study 's summary basically says NT would n't even be a contender if it did n't have Microsoft 's name on it .
4 The grammar school boy did n't have Neville 's sophistication , Greer 's polemic talents , or Widgery 's politics , but he had a grasp of the new generation picking up the paper , and , as he was conclusively to demonstrate in the 1970s , he had a great talent for making money , a loyalty to his friends — and talent for paying bills , eventually .
5 He does not have God 's ability to know and see all .
6 He does not have Evelyn 's elegance , either , although his spare , laconic , style can produce some memorable passages ; here , for example , is a Queen Christina of Sweden — very different from her portrayal by Greta Garbo — telling Whitelocke , who had hesitated to pass on a letter and a mastiff sent by the preacher , Hugh Peter , that ‘ the dog and the letter did belong to her , and she would have them ’ .
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