Example sentences of "[verb] not have [det] " in BNC.

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1 Almost no one notices the significance of 25 March ; the high style of the eagle 's song has not had much appeal ; though Tolkien himself wept over the grandeur of the Field of Cormallen ( Letters , p. 321 ) , many other readers have found the delight , tears and laughter ( of Sam especially ) unconvincing .
2 The Sipra team has been been trying to tempt System 36 users to buy its product for years , but has not had much success .
3 The Sipra team has been been trying to tempt System 36 users to buy its product for years , but has not had much success .
4 My other self — my Chinese self — has not had such understanding .
5 The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist .
6 Offered a settlement that would have retrieved half the gold , Moreira sternly refused — and has not had any of it back .
7 IDEC has not had any particular difficulty in replacing these leavers .
8 If you ask a roomful of people whether anyone has not had any sleep in the previous twenty-four hours , it is very rare indeed to find a serious candidate .
9 Even more interesting is the effect , if any , on copyright law in the United Kingdom and other common law countries such as Australia and New Zealand , although it should be noted that the previous test in Whelan v Jaslow has not had any notable judicial successes in the United Kingdom even though it has been used in argument on frequent occasions .
10 ‘ Mrs E. had no clothes , she has not had any for a year .
11 ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’
12 I 'd prefer not to have any cups of coffee thrown in my face . ’
13 They hope not to have that problem this year when the World Championships are in Santiago in Chile .
14 He and his wife , Polly , have decided not to have any children of their own .
15 I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach .
16 Well she 'd not had much of a life had she ?
17 No news for 6 months then she came along with an anal fissure , she 'd not had any stomach problems and in fact had only taken the Arg Nit LM3 for 2 or 3 days till the headache went .
18 She was n't sure she wanted to return , but seemed not to have much choice anymore , and so she stayed .
19 Clare wondered suspiciously why this sensationally good-looking man seemed not to have any New Year 's plans .
20 I think that we should accept th that this island in which we live is in effect becoming smaller day-by-day , as it is becoming more and more open er we should accept that its population is becoming perhaps with the assistance of a little advice from myself from time-to-time , rather more mobile than it used to be and I must say that we should I think all accept and I 'm sure we do that criminals do not have any particular respect for local authority boundaries er indeed the existence of the motorway system er despite the M25 does encourage mobility of crime and criminals to a very great extent .
21 The children are er going not having any money , she said well Ga , she did say that Gavin was alright but he had n't met anybody , had n't made er any friends yet .
22 I do n't like not having enough money and I do n't like not having enough sex and I detest the way the children dress and I detest going to your mother 's every week and I loathe the way you clench your teeth and I loathe the way you never help and I hate the way you never ask but I love you
23 I do n't like not having enough money and I do n't like not having enough sex and I detest the way the children dress and I detest going to your mother 's every week and I loathe the way you clench your teeth and I loathe the way you never help and I hate the way you never ask but I love you
24 My mum and my stepdad decided not to have any children .
25 ‘ And do try not to have any more unpleasantness . ’
26 Very occasionally a priest is mentioned who appears not to have any official connexion with the parish .
27 I started not having much time for the French and the Walloons , which is to say the French-speaking Belgians , when I found myself among them in 1944 .
28 Wherever possible they try not to have that but you may have to stay away .
29 So you can do that but in the main we try not to have any loose ends on er an assignment .
30 She was new to the country and did not have many friends .
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