Example sentences of "[vb past] n't have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The family did n't have a leg to stand on and so I advised .
2 When the opposite proved true , opponents did n't have a leg left to stand on .
3 Well , I did n't have a drink last thing .
4 I did n't have a drink I just
5 No but you did n't have a tan though did you ?
6 A scrawny boy , his hand wrapped up in a bloodstained rag , his clothes caked in mud , who looked sicker than some of her patients , and the pale , sullen girl who stood over by the teatrolley , shifting awkwardly from one foot to the other and looking as if she did n't have a brain in her head .
7 ‘ Because , ’ says Phil , ‘ if we did n't have a universe to create and run , and a nice lot of trouble to sort out , there would n't be any point to our existence .
8 I was n't born really because I did n't have a birth certificate or anything so I do n't know how old I am .
9 They did n't have a stand when they were married .
10 Except Flack did n't have a technique .
11 In '60s Scotland , local hard men like Jimmy Boyle did n't have a look in , the role of working-class hero was inevitably played by footballers , and in particular a group of young men who dressed in a continental style and made The Kray Twins look like artless thugs .
12 Well you did it the other day but then you did n't have a teddy in your hand did you ?
13 The first month was absolute hell , especially as I did n't have a watch .
14 What made you decide that you did n't have a vocation ? ’
15 He did n't have a house here , he did n't have a coach , he 'd shaped his own board .
16 I did n't have a hairbrush but a long pole that was used to open up the attic hatch .
17 She did n't have a degree , a diploma or any piece of paper to say she could teach .
18 I 've never had an honorary degree before , in fact I come from a generation which found it difficult to get to university so I did n't have a degree of any kind
19 Not only did they drench her in a water fight when she did n't have a change of clothes and throw her on the muck heap , but on Friday evening offered her a roll filled with Doggie Dins , so she spent the rest of the night throwing up .
20 I remember that we did n't have a tap in the house but used a communal tap from which we had to fill two barrels in our garden .
21 It did n't have a chorus and the bass line was frug heaven and guitars were abstract-sounding while the new thing , digital sampling , was in there somewhere too .
22 No but they did n't use it for they did n't have a license then , they only got a license after the war you see .
23 If I did n't have a tummy it 'll be alright , you know they 're
24 Because we forgot to do , we forgot to do the spelling test last Friday , so we had to do it on Monday so we did n't get any spelling this week , so right now we did n't have a spelling test , this is brilliant , guess what we do now ?
25 She did n't have a home like you do . ’
26 I did n't have a home made one because I had a very funny tummy did n't I ?
27 At one time I imagined that if I was n't obsessed with food and controlling my weight , if I did n't have a head stuffed full of calorie charts , I would be empty , have nothing to think about , nothing to fill up my life .
28 The idea struck him as somehow absurd , as if I had told him I did n't have a head or a heart .
29 But , then , Cohen did n't have a country to fight for .
30 He did n't have a country , so how could he understand what Denis felt for Ireland ?
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