Example sentences of "not [pers pn] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can not we have a proper system of no-fault payments for medical injuries ? |
| 2 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 3 | Why should n't I have a good old weep ? |
| 4 | Ca n't I have a tiny bit ? |
| 5 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 6 | Did n't she have a two ring burner or summat like that ? |
| 7 | Ca n't she have a little piece of Mars ? |
| 8 | It was a difficult problem — were you spoiling your vocation , or did n't you have a real vocation anyway ? |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you have a guilty feeling ? ’ asked Paul . |
| 10 | Ca n't you have a deep fat fryer and things like that ? |
| 11 | Here , why do n't you have a nice read of your newspaper ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you have a lovely house ! ’ she would say wistfully and Annabel Hogan would smile , pleased , and congratulate herself on having brought these two together . |
| 13 | Why ca n't you have a flying warden service if you stay in your own home like in warden assisted accommodation . |
| 14 | After a pause , he says , ‘ Why do n't you have a little talk with Heavenly Father while you 're waiting for me ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why do n't you have a permanent job ? |
| 16 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
| 17 | ‘ Could n't we have a second chair ? ’ ventured John Gould , inciting the first major row : ‘ We 'll have to re-think the whole thing ’ says James ‘ we 'll have to go back to the very beginning and re-block it ! ’ |
| 18 | Did n't we have a black guy who played for a few season in the second division with Revie before the real glory years . |
| 19 | If the ovaries are removed , ovaries stop working there is treatment there to prevent us having disease , why should n't we take it and why should n't we have a better life ? |
| 20 | Did n't we have a similar streak about four/five years ago , i.e. the last year Bremner was in charge — this saw us shoot up the second division before an ignominous defeat against Shrewsbury Town ( who ? ) saw us plummet to mid table yet again . |
| 21 | Ca n't we have a big conversation , please , juice and , oh |
| 22 | ‘ Why should n't we have a little pleasure , some support ? |
| 23 | Why do n't they have a big old disaster and see if they feature it on the news |
| 24 | Well I says to her , I says what , do wo n't they have a big gap ? |
| 25 | And anyway , it was none of his business : did n't he have a regular fuck ? |
| 26 | When , a long time ago now , Stephen had tried to call him Dad or Father and drop the babyish name , he had shouted that Stephen was all he had in the world and could n't he have a little bit of kindness and call him by the one name that meant something ? |