Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [not/n't] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Piers did not have meat , but only cheese , loaves of beans and bran and various vegetables , and it was on these that he would have to live until Lammas and the new harvest . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , petition-drawers did not have a particularly good reputation among Sinhalese . |
| 3 | For example , 127 out of 196 schools did not have a single English textbook in grade one and 80 per cent had no maths books . |
| 4 | While many schools did not have a full complement of teachers , the Ministry was unable to create new posts for lack of funds . |
| 5 | It is not clear whether some schools did not have the instruments available as requested or whether pupils decided not to use them . |
| 6 | Customers and journalists did n't have to take the company 's word for it . |
| 7 | cars did not have overhead gear . |
| 8 | As there were lights on the backs of these boxes , the cars did not have stairhead lamps . |
| 9 | The islanders did n't have money then , and as they did n't have money they did n't know what ‘ poor ’ meant . |
| 10 | well at least Hereford fans did n't have to watch their team beaten on Saturday … which is more than can be said for Gloucester folk … it was a long way home from sale after losing seventeen to nineteen |
| 11 | ‘ Besides , the fans did n't have to run on to the pitch . |
| 12 | He reckoned that gentlemen did n't have such experiences . |
| 13 | The SEC , however , explained that in reality many ministries did not have their quota . |
| 14 | The inspectors did not have to show that the evidence was required to stop some identifiable future crime . |
| 15 | As heavy , active drinkers are more likely to have a faster turnover of erythrocytes than reformed drinkers this might be put forward as a reason why our reformed drinkers did not have high pitted red cell counts . |
| 16 | Wrexham music shops did not have it . |
| 17 | Early computers did not have a " subroutine call " instruction . |
| 18 | My brothers did n't have to do housework ! |
| 19 | Will 's sister Joan was married and had a little boy , but Will 's brothers did n't have any children . |
| 20 | The visitors did n't have long to wait for the opening goal . |
| 21 | And a lot of the shopkeepers did n't have any kind of insurance at all . |
| 22 | The parents did n't have any sympathy for people that joyrided , and they could n't understand why they did it . |
| 23 | The parents did not have a policy of stressing racial pride or identity and these children did not identify with the black community . |
| 24 | Darlington appeal co-ordinator Michelle Le-Neveu said donations did not have to cost a lot but should be high in nutrition like tinned fish or meat . |
| 25 | Some countries did not have the facilities to deal with the wastes themselves and a ban might encourage indiscriminate dumping . |
| 26 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
| 27 | Their counterparts in communist countries did n't have the resources , know-how or motivation to do so . |
| 28 | The problem stems from the rule , introduced last year , which said that non-taxpayers did n't have to pay tax on bank or building society interest . |
| 29 | ‘ Small companies did not have the same advantages as large organisations , ’ confirms Jan Murray , chairman and managing director of PC World . |
| 30 | In the first place , half of the non-union green-field site companies did not have a formal system whereby management informed or consulted with their employees . |