Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until they moved to Coniston in 1801 she did not have a settled home , spending much of her time visiting friends in London , Shirley , and Bath . |
| 2 | Notice that for him to be able to say this he does not have to have observed his own behaviour . |
| 3 | ‘ I am sorry you did not have a very good meal , ’ he said , looking at my plate . |
| 4 | There is nothing more irritating than to start a job , and find halfway through that you do not have a vital piece of equipment . |
| 5 | It looked a pleasant enough place in which to spend a period of compulsory leisure and I was glad I did not have to share it with anyone . |
| 6 | Chairman and managing director of John Wood Group PLC Ian Wood agreed with Mr Steadman : ‘ I am glad I did not have the difficult task of judging the competition and can only say that I look forward to adding another series of works to our existing collection at John Wood House . ’ |
| 7 | Lucky they did not have a dog , indeed , but still completely dangerous . |
| 8 | It is gratifying he does not have a vivid memory of pain being a cause of trauma . |
| 9 | It was obvious he did not have pockets full of drugs . |
| 10 | It does seem , though , that when the death of someone we love is sudden it does not have to be that the shock is greater than when we have been expecting it . |
| 11 | They exchanged a few banalities and then Patrick asked : ‘ You 're quite sure you did not have golf clubs in your car when you went to Romania ? ’ |
| 12 | When we were first married we did not have a budget ; we thought that was only for those with money . |
| 13 | An elderly parent living alone invariably has problems to cope with , though , in some area of life , and ideally the people to help them should be members of their own family ; people who know their character and understand their needs , those they do not have to make an effort to relate to and trust , and who can move around freely in their homes , to sort through the various ‘ pockets ’ of their anxiety more easily than any stranger can do . |
| 14 | The East Germans have enough to think about without troubling themselves about tennis , but it is odd they do not have a single international player of note , bearing in mind the success of Czechoslovakia and the involvement of other Eastern bloc countries . |
| 15 | I am afraid that due to limited time available I do not have time to write your articles for you . |
| 16 | If you borrow money from a bank and it becomes insolvent you do not have a problem . |
| 17 | But proof positive they did not have to supply . |