Example sentences of "n't have [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They do n't have one unit of charge .
2 ‘ I do n't have many pockets of enjoyment , so it 's nice .
3 Er , you 'd never got er you 'd never got enough er if you 'd got a rifle , er you did n't have many rounds of ammunition , and things like this , you see .
4 erm at lunchtime I do n't have many children at school holidays because apart from one of them , all of them have one or both parents who are teachers
5 Even though we do n't have major problems with drug or solvent abuse in Northern Ireland , sudden changes in behaviour could mean they are in some kind of trouble .
6 Now obviously you can translate the idea of something being a preventative about illness or sickness , but it 's very difficult to suggest in idiomatic modern English that roses can be a protection against evils , because you really , we really do n't have that kind of concept , normally now , although there are many uses of erm , groups of people who might retain such a concept , and if something like that arises , you obviously ca n't make it idiomatic , because there 's just no way it 's going to work idiomatically in English .
7 I do n't have that kind of money ! ’
8 My mum wrote back and said that she did n't have that kind of money .
9 Hawkins said : ‘ I do n't have that kind of imagination . ’
10 ‘ We just do n't have that kind of liturgy , ’ is the excuse that is often heard .
11 ‘ Ca n't have that kind of talk , ’ said Joe .
12 Mankind does n't have that level of knowledge .
13 It is possible now to design computing systems which have much better languages than the ones that are readily available , and much more helpful programs on them , which enable the user to have a kind of dialogue in the way that you would with a person that you 're trying to communicate with , whereas , at the moment , you ca n't have that sort of dialogue .
14 We do n't have that sort of money to throw around .
15 I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm .
16 Well , for me yes , because erm there are now things like the Independent Living Fund , things like that , if people fit into the right boxes and contact the right people , then they can get some sort of help but I mean , it 's still an absolute maze out there for anybody who does n't have that sort of back up .
17 There was never any ‘ girls do n't do science ’ and I 'm glad I did n't have that sort of pressure on me , because I think it 's a load of bosh , basically
18 Ca n't have that sort of thing happening to me , he thought .
19 No , I mean , there 's nothing to stop him arresting more British people , or er , any nationality , come to that , and saying well , they did stray into our territory , I 'm sorry about this , but er , we ca n't have that sort of thing , you 'll have to er , come and see if I want to release them in a few months .
20 My father does n't have that sort of thing .
21 We do n't have that amount of time , yet very few people feel the urgency to get it right .
22 It was up and down and around corners a bit , and it was a nice ride and er and er views of Oxfordshire that nobody has seen before the road came , and you wo n't have that amount of time to look at them ever again , because you 'll be doing seventy instead of seven miles an hour .
23 I do n't have great plans for Amber 's future — I do n't mind what she does .
24 Loving mum : ‘ I do n't have great plans for Amber 's future .
25 So you do n't have central heating at home ?
26 There are also there are many , many people with special needs who do n't have much element of choice about their lives .
27 I really did n't have much time for school .
28 She did n't have much time for Grandad 's artistic flair .
29 But Karen did n't have much use for tradition .
30 But these will only reduce smell and run-off , not cure them , and they wo n't have much effect on grass contamination .
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