Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [not/n't] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I had n't a clue what was expected . |
2 | I had n't a clue about such things in those days . |
3 | It 's no proof I had n't a clue |
4 | and I had n't a clue what that was . |
5 | ‘ That wo n't be a problem , ’ I told him with bravado , though I had n't a clue how I would get hold of the balance of the cash . |
6 | I would have tried to contact you , but I had n't a phone number . |
7 | I had n't a friend in the room . |
8 | I had n't a penny and I was flabbergasted to learn that Jerry can expect thousands . |
9 | But , I went out , I had n't a card that was just right . |
10 | ( At the time I had not a clue what he was talking about but , in hindsight , he was , of course , referring to Boleyn 's ascendancy over Fat Henry and Wolsey falling like a star from the sky of royal preferment . ) |
11 | I kid you not , I had not a clue as to what she might be talking about . |
12 | I 've come home to my dinner and I 've not a lot of time to spare . ’ |
13 | No , I have n't a cold : Dmitri 's asleep and I do n't want to wake him . |
14 | He 's the one who gets the wages for it while I have n't a lira to myself not even to buy a pair of stockings , stuck here in this gloomy hole day after day — and he goes out working , he goes out to work when according to the contract he 's not allowed , I should be allowed but not him . |
15 | ‘ I have n't a man in my life because I do n't want one . |
16 | I have n't a chance in hell . |
17 | At this point the two girls just marched off the train , one of them picked up David , the other one picked me up , screamed Russian things at the soldiers — I have n't a clue what they were saying — and marched us back on the train and barred the door , while the Russian soldiers were standing on the platform screaming horrible things at them . |
18 | I have n't a clue . ’ |
19 | ‘ I have n't a clue — I was freaking out at the time . |
20 | I can honestly say I have n't a clue . ’ |
21 | ‘ I have n't a clue what kind of reception I 'll get , ’ he added . |
22 | I have n't a clue what I can do — apart from write sermons , which wo n't earn very much for Camphill . |
23 | D'Arcy said : ‘ And what exactly do you think has happened , because I have n't a clue ? ’ |
24 | When an RSPCA inspector had asked Mrs Cass how many dogs she had she replied : ‘ I have n't a clue , I think about 90 . ’ |
25 | I have n't a clue what 's happening to Bet Lynch . ’ |
26 | I vaguely remember words like ‘ mizzen mast ’ , but I have n't a clue what any of them mean . ’ |
27 | I 'M SORRY I HAVE N'T A CLUE |
28 | I have n't a clue what I 'd do , but it would certainly be music . ’ |
29 | I have n't a clue what 's happening ! |
30 | I have n't a clue . |