Example sentences of "n't had a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , you have n't had a chance to unpack . |
| 2 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 3 | I have n't had a job for a year now . |
| 4 | I 'm no good at football , and I have n't had a steady job since last March , ’ he said glumly . |
| 5 | You may not know it , but I have n't had a thing to eat since eight o'clock and it 's half-past two now . ’ |
| 6 | I ai n't had a fit or nothing — I was just lying down cos I was tired . |
| 7 | Corporal Fincham and his men are resting — they have n't had a task since they changed the final drive in one of Recce Troop 's Scorpions this morning . |
| 8 | ‘ You have n't had a visit — or a letter from him , then ? |
| 9 | I have n't had a chance to wear this outfit to go out yet — but I will . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We have n't had a family holiday for years . |
| 11 | He had n't had a book out . |
| 12 | Three years ago I planted leopard 's bane , and I have n't had a single leopard in the garden since ! |
| 13 | I have n't had a period for over a year , and although sometimes I think to myself ‘ I 'm all right really ’ , then I remember I have n't got my periods back and I realise that it 's not as simple as it seems . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 15 | ‘ I feel I have n't had a holiday unless I 've taken in two or three Romanesque churches here and there . |
| 16 | Of course now they 're recalling the fact that Tweed 's wife left him several years ago for a Greek shipping magnate , that he has n't had a lot to do with women since … ’ |
| 17 | We switched off everything , I 'm sure , and we had n't had a fire in the grate for days . |
| 18 | ‘ And we have n't had a penny from them for the past two years or more . |
| 19 | He had n't had a clothing parcel for a long time . |
| 20 | You may hear the stirrings of the inner voice of altruism as your three-year-old says things like : ‘ Oh , all right , you have n't had a turn ; you have a go on the swing ’ or ‘ I 'll lead the dog next time ; you have a go now ’ . |
| 21 | As we had n't had a real holiday the year before , we thought an early spring holiday this year would do us good . |
| 22 | A lady who suffers with a hiatus hernia wrote , ‘ I have had to take Rennies after meals for years but since I have been on this diet I have n't had a Rennie for five weeks ! |
| 23 | But I have n't had a problem yet . |
| 24 | The key to the character was that he had n't had a decent bowel movement in forty-six years . |
| 25 | I have n't told the management about the lymphoma , and have n't had a repeat of the weakness I experienced in Birmingham , so have put it down to adrenalin overdose and imagination . |
| 26 | ‘ I share with David an ’ he 's bound to keep comin' in to see what we'se doin' and Edward has n't had a room of his own ever . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 28 | ‘ I have n't taken a penny in wages since we opened the shop and in the past five months Douglas has n't had a wage either . |
| 29 | ‘ She said she had n't had a drink in 10 days . |
| 30 | ‘ I really have n't had a chance to press my claims and I sincerely believe I am pushing uphill to get back into the side for a long time . ’ |