Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not had money for clothes , and neither the time nor the inclination to experiment with make-up and other items of fashion . |
| 2 | Sixty eight ( 38% ) had not had contact with social or voluntary services in the previous three years ; 51 ( 28% ) had been advised to contact social services ‘ if the need arose ’ ; and only 62 ( 34% ) people had received regular visits from social services personnel ( social workers , occupational therapists , etc ) . |
| 3 | She was considerably upset by this and amongst protestations of sexual continence said that , apart from this young man , she had not had intercourse with anybody else since her husband , who had left her ten months previously . |
| 4 | I dined out on that one for quite a while , but have not had occasion to be offered cream coronets of late . |
| 5 | Have they not had pressure from people that would |
| 6 | The mother had not had access to her since January 1987 . |
| 7 | In March 1991 , a bank as unpaid mortgagee had taken possession of the debtor 's business premises and he had not had access to them since that date . |
| 8 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson 2 ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 9 | On Feb. 26 the Chief Prosecutor announced that charges of diversion of public funds against Honecker were being dropped since he had not had access to an account holding money paid by West Germany to buy the freedom of East German political prisoners . |
| 10 | In 1986 , however , only 31% of all newly qualified Ph D graduates took up university employment ( Anderson ) , and the boom period for academic jobs was around 1965 , when 53% of all such researchers found employment in universities , so that it may be that the majority of successful Ph D researchers over the period have not had access to those facilities which would have helped them to publish . |
| 11 | I would not have learnt of this paper so quickly ( and perhaps not at all ) had I not had access to the Internet . |
| 12 | As a child she had not had time for many fairy stories and did not now know them to tell to her daughter again , but instead she showed her the pictures . |
| 13 | She could never understand what he did with it , where it went — he had not had time for … that other life of his , he had been with Bert , with Jack ! |
| 14 | This kind of ability is both envied and disparaged by many Continental musicians , and it can not be doubted that professional English singers often perform music which they have not had time to ‘ learn ’ in any sense of the term that a European singer would accept . |
| 15 | She has but I 've not had time to er assess her yet . |
| 16 | Lear , however , as he constantly complained , had not had training as an engraver ; and , in an effort to find a medium that would serve his publication without drawing excessively on his limited resources , he turned to the novel technique of lithography . |
| 17 | If you do want to enjoy a one-to-one relationship of a companionable or romantic nature there are various ways one can make contact , other people who want to do the same and they need not have marriage as an aim if that is not what you want . |
| 18 | ‘ We do not have evidence of murder , ’ Alex Etyang concluded . |
| 19 | We do not have evidence of murder . ’ |
| 20 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 21 | Immatures hard to distinguish , though Pallas 's does not have base of tail mottled white . |
| 22 | Forty-eight per cent of men in our survey say they definitely would not have sex with a new partner without using a condom , and 23% tend to agree . |
| 23 | A COCAINE and heroin user killed his 17-year-old girlfriend because she would not have sex with him , a court heard yesterday . |
| 24 | The trader may not have expertise in accounting or buying |
| 25 | ‘ Then why not have lunch with me ? |
| 26 | It will also mean that you do not have scope for considering all the potential alternatives thoroughly before making your final selection . |
| 27 | We do not have sovereignty in this House ; it is a shorthand for the sovereignty of the people . |
| 28 | If we recognise that professionals do not have ownership of problems and that it is the primary managers ( parents ) who sort out problems , there is nothing to be gained by giving a contrary impression to parents . |
| 29 | These are all experiences we have had that tell us about the body 's state at the time , and we do not have difficulty in interpreting them . |
| 30 | The aim was to confine attention to people who had frequent contact with the dementia sufferer , rather than interviewing all nearest relatives , who might or might not have contact with him or her . |