Example sentences of "you [verb] n't have a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Er , Hugh , would you , you have n't had a chance to say anything . |
2 | so you see you have n't had a language then brought into a Roman |
3 | What made you decide that you did n't have a vocation ? ’ |
4 | You 'd have a patch you see and your trousers would be patched , and er I had no brothers to sort of hand-me-downs so of course mine we went had to be worn out , and erm you 're normal attire in those days was a er a pair of trousers and a jersey , you did n't have a suit as such . |
5 | So even if you did n't have a protractor , I mean if you wanted to be really fussy and find out exactly you could measure it and say , ooh that 's actually , it 's not eighty that 's seventy nine and this is a hundred and one so she spends a pound and a penny on sweets and she saves seventy nine . |
6 | Well you did it the other day but then you did n't have a teddy in your hand did you ? |
7 | No but you did n't have a tan though did you ? |
8 | ‘ You did n't have a choice . ’ |
9 | You had a , you had a choice in sequence of doing things but you did n't have a choice in method , whereas in the tank farm I think you had a choice of method . |
10 | ‘ At dinner you did n't have a hair out of place — but now it 's an unkempt , tumbled mess . |
11 | I should have realised that you were n't a real wizard when I saw you did n't have a staff . ’ |
12 | So you did n't have a letter there and then and asked something about was it put into writing . |
13 | you did n't have a bath |
14 | You did n't you did n't have a kettle then it was |
15 | Erm you gave a a very full account of the sort of pressures that erm you were under because you did n't have a job and you related it to the necessity of involving yourself in what you euphemistically called the black economy . |
16 | Erm do you think the fact that you did n't have a job , er contributed to that in any way ? |
17 | She were like I thought , aye I wonder how you 'd get by if you did n't have a job . |
18 | Well we you did n't have a lot of chance in these circumstances , in these circumstances when they when they possessed every every piece of modern equipment , or equipment that w was modern in those er in th in those er in those days , and you 're not er |
19 | Ai n't left you with a lot , you did n't have a lot before ! |
20 | You did n't have a tissue up it did you ? |
21 | From the kitchen the sound of water and a surprised , ‘ You do n't have a pot — just use the bag then . |
22 | ‘ No , ’ he admitted , ‘ but then you do n't have a sister like Phena , do you ? |
23 | ‘ I may not yet be family , but I do know enough about you to know you do n't have a stepbrother . ’ |
24 | But you do n't have a licence to operate that kind of brothel . |
25 | Perhaps if you do n't have a reflection you see better |
26 | When you do n't have a purpose , you know , it 's easy to keep looking for something … |
27 | If you do n't have a customer account for the person or company being billed , you 're prompted to start one — and it 's easy to do , at least at a simple level . |
28 | If you do n't have a man , even the plainest ones think you 're dying for it . ’ |
29 | ‘ So you do n't have a man in your life ? ’ |
30 | Of teachers , four examples , at random , covered approachability , humour and sensitivity ( SED 1989:8 ) : If you do n't have a sense of humour and ca n't laugh with the weans , you 'd crack up more easily . |