Example sentences of "[not/n't] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I have not had a good day ; in fact I have not had two good days . |
2 | ‘ Young people become homeless because they can not get a job and they can not get a job because they have not had a good education . ’ |
3 | ‘ He has not had a good season with injury and must be a bit depressed — he wants to be playing . |
4 | The House has not had a good record in the past years . |
5 | He said last night : ‘ Until now we have not had a real marker which would tell a cancer cell from a normal cell . ’ |
6 | ‘ The recession has not had a major impact , ’ said a spokesman . |
7 | It is typical of this Tory government , a government that has not had a constructive idea all the time it has been in office , but thinks that union bashing is the only answer to the country 's problems , that thinks it is the only way to unite the Tory troops . |
8 | This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously . |
9 | We have not had a great deal of communication from you over the past two years , and it is questionable whether we are of use to you , and you to us . |
10 | Erm we have not had a great deal of time to put this together . |
11 | Since the Root Thesaurus did not emerge until 1981 , it has not had a great impact on existing thesauri to date , but it could well be important in the future . |
12 | She had not had a violent case of laughing for years . |
13 | ‘ Records will show very shortly that we have not had a typical winter for this part of the country and that seems to be the main reason , ’ he told the environmental health committee yesterday . |
14 | By the looks of Carla she had not had a decent meal for weeks . |
15 | They would claim that elections ( hitherto ) in the Soviet Union , or in , say , El Salvador or the Philippines under President Marcos , have not been free : the people have not had a genuine choice open to them . |
16 | With the exception of preparation for his meeting with Kiichi Miyazawa , the prime minister of Japan , he has still not had a full-blown meeting on trade with his economic team . |
17 | But since the X-ray satellite Ariel VI , it has not had a national project . |
18 | It also stimulated scientific research by providing a definite name for something that previously had not had a satisfactory title . |
19 | but I 'm most disgruntled the way Geoffrey 's getting on , he 's not had a single parents evening this year , you know normally you go back to school , you have one September , October which is always too soon |
20 | The Down Orange Welfare and Ulster Service Corps ( both rural and small town ) have not had a single member imprisoned for a terrorist offence nor has the rural section of the Orange Volunteers . |
21 | We now have to vote on the timing of its procedures , even though we have not had a single hour of discussion in Committee . |
22 | There are still a few thousand of the biggest losers who have not had a single penny increase in income from that day to this . |
23 | Turner says : ‘ We have not had a single offer for Ken — not yet . |
24 | David Burns , who heads a service in Chicago that matches athletes and advertisers , told Associated Press he had not had a single inquiry about Yamaguchi since her Olympic win , watched by one of the biggest television audiences for the Winter Games . |
25 | I 've written six letters and not had a single reply . |
26 | ‘ 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 . |
27 | America , which has not had a big oil spill since 1976 , is reacting collectively and predictably to the spill in Prince William Sound off Alaska by condemning the oil business and all its works . |
28 | We have not had a trouble-free run . ’ |
29 | Retail has not had a high profile in Marxist discussions of these issues . |
30 | DEC has not had a top sales executive since John Shields left the company in 1990 to take over the helm at doomed Prime Computer Inc . |