Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [vb pp] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view has led a number of researchers to question whether some groups of children are slow to develop language because their pre-verbal social and cognitive abilities have not developed to the point where the child is ready to begin using spoken or sign language . |
| 2 | Turning to the relevance of consent to the obligation to obey the law , we will here be concerned not with the well-known problem that most citizens in any given society have not consented to the authority of their government , but with the prior question whether their consent , if given , would have been valid . |
| 3 | facts they have not imparted to the wincing |
| 4 | I have not acceded to the application of Madame Bihi to be joined as a representative or other party in this action but I have acceded to her application that I should invite the Attorney-General to appoint an amicus curiae and Mr. Richards has appeared instructed by the Treasury Solicitor . |
| 5 | Few people have not woken to the sounds of the dawn chorus nor seen moths drawn to artificial lights as daylight fades . |
| 6 | The Bosnian Muslims so far have not come to the UN and instead pleaded their case with US officials . |
| 7 | I can say positively that the contents of the letter have not come to the notice of the British . |
| 8 | ‘ I have not come to the North-East just to play in the FA Cup , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've been linked with Dean Sampson but I have not spoken to the player . |
| 10 | And they quote epistles of St. Paul so difficult that the theologians , who have been working on them for two thousand years , have not got to the bottom of them . |
| 11 | I have n't written to the head of the Linguistics Department . |
| 12 | In an apparent non sequitur , the speaker added : ‘ They 've got intransigent problems , but so far they have n't succumbed to the blandishments of the communists ; that 's why the west pours money in ’ . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I 've had no exercise cos I have n't walked to the shops . |
| 14 | For some reason I have n't got to the bottom of yet , I have only just been informed of your arrival . ’ |
| 15 | And I I ca n't understand it and I still have n't got to the bottom of the reason why is doing , seems to me to be doing a lot of work herself |
| 16 | For some time I have been thinking of increasing it to £50pa but have n't got to the bank with this weather . |
| 17 | Also , primary schools are more adaptable erm they have n't got the constraints ; they have n't got the syllabuses to get through ; they have n't got exams at the end of the year ; they have n't got to the sort of subject departmentalization that you get in a secondary school . |
| 18 | I got to the printers with my Boy George piece and it was finally time to say , ‘ Look , this is only a thousand words long and I still have n't got to the interview . |
| 19 | Very useful exercise ; have n't talked to the Head since I came here . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We have n't come to the sea in three years . |
| 21 | ‘ You have n't spoken to the pathologist , then ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We have n't spoken to the player yet , but we are not anticipating any problems , ’ he said . |