Example sentences of "they [verb] n't have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And the State Department said sure , you know , cos they did n't have a deadline , the president had n't given a deadline . |
2 | He thought of telling her that he was a friend but friends did n't dive in through the front door ; they did n't have blood on their wrists nor cuts all over their faces ; they did n't have a rope burn round their necks and they wore shirts , at least until they were properly introduced . |
3 | Back when I was with a certain company — I wo n't mention who — they had a situation that I could never have imagined : they did n't have a guitar player on staff ! |
4 | When they did n't have a gang to fight they 'd run after me , take off my trousers and hide them in a bush . |
5 | In fact they did n't have a phone anywhere in the village . |
6 | No but they did n't use it for they did n't have a license then , they only got a license after the war you see . |
7 | However , once you have safely navigated the Full Moon on the 14th — and managed to reassure someone that you 'd love them even if they did n't have a bean — then the remainder of this month should be magic time . |
8 | One would think that Sotheby 's might have learned from their oversight five months earlier , but they did n't have a clue again . |
9 | And I think the reason for that was because they did n't have a say in what was happening . |
10 | Older people had it easy : they did n't have a problem with sex , they did n't have to wear rubbers so you wo n't die . |
11 | They did n't have a stand when they were married . |
12 | When I came aboard they did n't have a lead amp line as such ; they were famous for their bass amps , obviously , but their lead amp line was just there , no real profile , and the consumer did n't really realise that they had anything other than bass amps . |
13 | They did n't have a lot of time on it and it was effectively an engineer/producer , rather than a producer . |
14 | You see , because all the Air Force had all the heath , they did n't have a lot of heath to train horses on , you know , then . |
15 | They did n't have a horse bus of any kind , did they ? |
16 | And they did n't have a Primus . |
17 | After the second World War they did n't have a economy in the second World War , now they have |
18 | Yeah it 's also the fact that they did n't have a job or anything and they had the daytime to potter about , do you know what I mean ? |
19 | But I 've heard him quoted as saying that one of the reasons he did n't come was because they did n't have a venue large enough , because people would want to come from all over Europe . |
20 | The children all looked as if they did n't have a care in the world , that this was just another ordinary day , and what was taking place within the hall some sort of social occasion . |
21 | Guess what , THEY DO N'T HAVE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ! ! ! and they do n't have a name for their language either . |
22 | Guess what , THEY DO N'T HAVE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ! ! ! and they do n't have a name for their language either . |
23 | Lumb says it 's because they do n't have a branch there , but we think it 's solid Labour to look at all the blue posters . |
24 | Said they do n't have a mass on Ash Wednesday there . |
25 | They do n't have a clue what maintenance of buildings is all about . |
26 | I keep asking them but they do n't have a clue is what she said . |
27 | there 's various things you can talk to them about , and all you do is , all you 're looking for is some key words to motivate them , right eh er to a certain extent you want , you want to assume from the start that they do n't have a clue what they 're doing |
28 | but they do n't have a committee or anything |
29 | Well they do n't have a test signal then . |
30 | As a Labour councillor of a rural part of Leicestershire , a very beautiful po part of rural Leicestershire erm I 've taken a straw poll amongst my farming friends and er when I talk about fox hunting they er roll and shrug their shoulders , there 's no problem and if fox hunting is er part of the culling process , they do n't have a problem . |