Example sentences of "[pron] have not have a " 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 | Wilson and I had n't had a proper meal the whole time and now my stomach was beginning to remind me there were other things in life besides Scotch and bourbon . |
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 had n't had a shot in minutes . |
6 | I had n't had a good War for months ; the last one had been the Ordinary Soldiers versus the Aerosols . |
7 | I do n't believe I would ever have found my insects again if I had n't had a printed picture of the complete set of their evolutionary precursors , and even then it was difficult and tedious . |
8 | 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 … |
9 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |
10 | 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 . ’ |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ Although I had not had a sexual experience when I was at high school , I thought I should be ready , if and when it came , and so I thought I should stock up . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | And I 've not had a good enough reason why — that 's all I 'm hurting Brian , I do n't think that is taking anything too far . ’ |
15 | he gave me a number to phone and I 've tried phoning and I 've not had a response , but I 'll keep trying |
16 | ‘ I 've not had a cup of tea all night , ’ she says . |
17 | I 've not had a chance to visit abroad yet but I think I 've got two visits booked next year to various remoter parts of the world , but I 've met some who are on leave , recuperating from the circumstances they 've been in , sometimes illness , sometimes just the sheer tension of being under fire . |
18 | I 've not had a blow lamp going this morning at all . |
19 | and it 's everything just to stop you getting at what , well get it then yeah , I 've , I do n't mind some of it , I 've not had a bit of marzipan for I do n't mind these erm almond slices , I quite like them , but I think it must be the texture of the marzipan |
20 | Tell her I 'll starve to death , cos I 've not had a bit of cake ! |
21 | Matt 's been looking through it for us , I 've not had a chance to look at it yet . |
22 | I have n't had a job for a year now . |
23 | I 'm no good at football , and I have n't had a steady job since last March , ’ he said glumly . |
24 | You may not know it , but I have n't had a thing to eat since eight o'clock and it 's half-past two now . ’ |
25 | I have n't had a chance to wear this outfit to go out yet — but I will . ’ |
26 | Three years ago I planted leopard 's bane , and I have n't had a single leopard in the garden since ! |
27 | I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems . |
28 | ‘ I feel I have n't had a holiday unless I 've taken in two or three Romanesque churches here and there . |
29 | A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks ! |
30 | But I have n't had a problem yet . |