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Example sentences of "not [verb] have a [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	A man and woman who do not want to have a baby can still enjoy lovemaking if they make sure the egg and sperm never meet , or if the egg is prevented from settling in the womb .
2	Tom Murray did not want to have a lot of girlfriends , but just one for good , one he could be deeply serious about .
3	They did not need to have a row for Barry to feel constantly undermined by Helen 's attitudes , spoken and unspoken .
4	You 're not expected to have a Ph.D .
5	This is a question on which I do not vet have a view .
6	I see wide attackers being allowed to come inside for shots , centre-backs who do not appear to have a clue about positional play and plenty of evidence to suggest that we are no longer producing defenders with the ability and confidence to cope on their own . ’
7	Indeed , he does not appear to have a copy of them with him .
8	According to the Lords 's report on the water industry , 191 do not appear to have an owner and valid engineers ' reports ( required under the 1930 Reservoirs Act ) can not be found for more than half of them .
9	‘ There are local authorities that have not bothered to have a policy — let alone implement it .
10	I am unable to cope with the idea of being any heavier than I am now , and would not like to have a period , since I would feel I had ‘ let up ’ control over my body .
11	Whilst Alison states at the end of Chapter 11 that she would not like to have a period as it would signify that she had ‘ let up ’ control over her body , Freya feels quite differently , realising that getting her periods back would be a good sign of recovery .
12	But that , that is a Y equals something X to the tenth , so it 's it 's not going to have a gradient that requires Y equals something to the tenth .
13	She was not going to have a fight with him .
14	He is going to do that , so he was going to have a hand in that he 's gon not really not going to have a hand in it , he is going to be directly responsible for selecting the panel which will select the independent members on the short list and recommend them to him .
15	I 'm not going to have a sweet .
16	you misinterpret me ( or my english is inconsise ( ? ) — ‘ some of us people on the list ’ should prabably be ‘ some people on the list ’ — i am — not — ‘ anti-Wilko ’ and i am not going to have a party when wilko is leaving .
17	" You can tell him , " I said , turning and looking him in the face , " that you were entirely mistaken ; that my boss really is my boss , and that I 'm not going to have a baby . "
18	" Not going to have a baby ? " he repeated .
19	We are not going to have an affair , said Lucy , hand shaking a little on her cigarette .
20	‘ I am not going to have an affair with you .
21	There 's no point in phoning , nobody else 's mother will be phoning , they 're all allowed to stay without any of this fuss , I 'll just look like a complete idiot , and anyway , what do you think 's going to happen , we 're not going to have an orgy or anything . ’
22	I know it 's not called Have a Shave .
23	It did not have to have a name .
24	It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) .
25	She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own .
26	Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ .
27	Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ .
28	It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them .
29	We could of , we , could we not have had a statement that er er er erm a certificate of conformity could be issued or will be issued ?
30	As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility .