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 .
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