Example sentences of "i had [not/n't] have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
2 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
3 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |
4 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
5 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
6 | I had n't had a shot in minutes . |
7 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
8 | ‘ I would n't have offered to help if I had n't had the experience necessary . |
9 | Cos I had n't had the gang then do you see , there was only two of us then . |
10 | It was looking a mess because I had n't had the heart to tidy it ; the sky outside had a yellow-grey sameness , without a hint of where the sun might be , and in that light the flowers on the dirty brown wallpaper looked sadder than ever . |
11 | I slumped to my knees , burdened by the hopeless regret that I had n't had the chance to do this just a bit sooner . |
12 | If I had n't had the golf-bag on my shoulder , I would have taken off with the umbrella . |
13 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
14 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
15 | But I had not had a winner since December 27 when Mr Entertainer won at Kempton Park , and many of my horses had been sick . ’ |
16 | If I had not had a sensation which resembles my present sensation I could not assert , ‘ My sensation is a sensation of white ’ with the same meaning as it would have if I had had a sensation resembling it . |
17 | I had not had the benefit of that lovely electricity for long , but how I did miss it when it absented itself . |
18 | If I had not had the support of Project 81 members , the head of care at Le Court and other friends , I do not think I could have survived . |