Example sentences of "they [verb] not have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Home Office sent a detective to report on the movements of ‘ the French people ’ — they were assumed to be foreign as they did not have a Somerset accent . |
| 2 | Essex have been practising outdoors at Chelmsford since April 1 , which gives them a week 's start on Durham , although they did not have a winter tour . |
| 3 | Union leaders should take immediate steps to ensure that no one was ever denied a job because they did not have a union card . |
| 4 | Some authorities made a point of saying that they did not have a training programme because they depended on courses that presented themselves , e.g. : ‘ We always hope to send staff on courses as they are advertised ’ . |
| 5 | If for example women were turned down more often than men because their employment history was shorter , they were not in a skilled job , and they did not have a bank account , this would not constitute discrimination against women — as the conditions , only part of an overall scoring system , would not be absolute . |
| 6 | Lucky they did not have a dog , indeed , but still completely dangerous . |
| 7 | In England even when Botham was working one of his miracles people at work did not stop ; if they did not have a radio they just rang the Test score , on the works phone of course , a bit more frequently . |
| 8 | And the State Department said sure , you know , cos they did n't have a deadline , the president had n't given a deadline . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In fact they did n't have a phone anywhere in the village . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | One would think that Sotheby 's might have learned from their oversight five months earlier , but they did n't have a clue again . |
| 16 | And I think the reason for that was because they did n't have a say in what was happening . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They did n't have a stand when they were married . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They did n't have a lot of time on it and it was effectively an engineer/producer , rather than a producer . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They did n't have a horse bus of any kind , did they ? |
| 23 | And they did n't have a Primus . |
| 24 | After the second World War they did n't have a economy in the second World War , now they have |
| 25 | 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 ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Guess what , THEY DO N'T HAVE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ! ! ! and they do n't have a name for their language either . |
| 29 | Guess what , THEY DO N'T HAVE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES ! ! ! and they do n't have a name for their language either . |
| 30 | 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 . |