Example sentences of "not got a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The claims of democracy would never have been admitted in the present liberal democracies had those countries not got a solid basis of liberalism first .
2 ‘ Lachlan , sit you down again and see have I not got a grand idea .
3 ‘ Has he not got a young lady ? ’ she asked , trying to sound nonchalant , but she could feel herself almost blushing .
4 We have not got a guilty conscience .
5 modern traffic calming measures however er I believe we have experts on the Council er in these matters but I believe that by narrowing the road and perhaps giving us pavements because one of our problems is that we have not got a continuous pavement through the village , and it is necessary to cross the road four times in some cases to walk from one end to the other .
6 We do n't bother any more if we 've not got a good chance of winning .
7 Despite my luck with the Harlequin ducks the Barrow 's goldeneyes declined to come close enough and I had still not got a good shot when , with reluctance , we left Mýatn .
8 If one has not got a keen interest in the overall aims and objects of a particular body , then it is unlikely that its A.G.M. will be a terrific draw .
9 We think that the er residents of a new settlement will still look to York as the natural centre for employment , for er provision of most employment , retailing and entertainment , and if you compare it with something like er Easingwold , erm which is of a similar size , erm this has achieved a degree a degree of self containment and balance , but this has occurred through erm a long period of development and a gradual growth of erm social linkages and economic linkages , however , even with such erm a gradual growth erm it 's not got a high degree of self containment , erm recent developments in er transport and changes in lifestyle have reduced this even further , and it 's difficult to believe that er a proposal , such as a new settlement er which is explicitly intended to cater for the development needs of York , located only ten miles from York can achieve the same level of self containment .
10 They 've not got a fresh spring image .
11 There is nothing more infuriating and destructive than having the discussion dominated by those who have not got a proper grasp of the subject because they have failed to read the material provided .
12 I 've not got a proper Christmas tree out am I ?
13 we 've not got a big room
14 Thought oh this is nice it erm it ha it had n't got a separate kitchen , it was sort of like a kitchen diner
15 Dependency — ‘ Clients are becoming addicted … if they have n't got a key worker they want one ’ .
16 With so many visiting stewards all the time we have n't got a regular pattern of of any stewards that 's going to be responsible .
17 You ai n't got a dirty bum have you ?
18 My husband has n't got a fixed address and he is probably hiding .
19 We give up , we have n't got a blinking clue !
20 you tell mother when I were fighting for me country , he ai n't got a bloody scratch on him now
21 You have n't got a bloody heart
22 You know , I mean we have n't I ai n't got a new car or anything , I 've had that
23 He has n't got a philosophical mind .
24 It ai n't , it ai n't , it ai n't got a real coffee taste
25 I have n't got a real tribunal to go to .
26 Cos I 'm very good at knowing what this is and what that is , but I , I , in timescale , I have n't got a blooming clue .
27 Chair , I think have to make a point at this stage , although as I said earlier , we have n't got a complete picture yet .
28 ‘ You have n't got a crooked back ? ’ he asked .
29 later years , say well okay I , I have n't got a fantastic voice but I did it and that was the bravest thing I did cos I know I have n't
30 know I have n't got a fantastic voice
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