Example sentences of "have not a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRIGHTON : In six verbose years as leader of his party , Neil Kinnock has not a memorable phrase to his credit . |
| 2 | It is clear that the Secretary of State has not a single idea on the issue . |
| 3 | As for Jimmy , he chooses from a handful of set comments , so he has n't a great deal to say . |
| 4 | The driver might admit he has n't a current certificate and the relevant conversation can be reproduced in the officer 's statement of evidence . |
| 5 | ‘ Your skin has n't a single blemish , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Tea went through all its stages — scones ( I fancy ) , gingerbread ( which was a success ) , and small cakes with chopped walnut on which were rather good , but I do n't think they appealed to her — she has n't a sweet tooth , I think … |
| 7 | The evidence given to the Select Committee showed that in Norway and Belgium it was the practice to keep in solitary confinement prisoners ( whether sentenced for murder or for other crimes ) who had not a criminal record , but this method was adopted for reformative purposes and for protecting such prisoners from contamination by other prisoners . |
| 8 | The men had not a dry thread on their bodies ; there was not a dugout that could provide dry accommodation . |
| 9 | They had not a great deal of choice . |
| 10 | Gerald Kaufman , as usual , had not a good word to say for anybody or anything . |
| 11 | He had not a handsome face , but it was better than handsome : being extremely amiable and cheerful . ’ |
| 12 | We were playing a silly game , which had not a tragic outcome — it had , thanks to the mercy of providence , a fortunate outcome — but it had an outcome which is not one which ah statecraft should either aim at or be proud of having achieved . |
| 13 | I am normally a law-abiding citizen but I had not a single scruple . |
| 14 | But the sovereigns from Queen Victoria onwards turned consultations with the archbishop into a constitutional convention ; so that now the Archbishop of Canterbury had the principal say in the choice of bishops and had a right to be consulted on the choice of his own successor ; or , if he had not a constitutional right , at least he had every right to proffer advice to the prime minister whether the prime minister asked for it or not . |
| 15 | You had not a bad skinful yourself last night ! ’ |
| 16 | They were seated now , on Rab 's ruined chairs ; and Rab noticed that Doctor — some surprise — had not a bad leg . |
| 17 | Several drunk Britons tried to hang him one night , and would have succeeded had not a French Corporal cut him down in time . |
| 18 | Galway Plate winner The Gooser runs for Paddy Mullins who had n't a great record in the race while Arthur Moore who is something of a specialist in the other Liverpool races ca n't have very high hopes of New Mill House . |
| 19 | It would have looked a lot worse if I had n't a proper motive for meeting you in the first place . ’ |
| 20 | My father had n't a bad word to say about anybody . |
| 21 | I have not a strong mind , or will , nor am I unselfish , and so knowing well my faults I ask you to help me . |
| 22 | They may giggle and act as though they have not a serious thought in their heads , but they know exactly what they are up to . |
| 23 | ‘ I have not a single novel here . ’ |
| 24 | But the fact remains that , in the matter of Marius Steen 's death , we have not a solitary shred of evidence to go on . |
| 25 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
| 26 | I 'm afraid I have n't a spare copy to forward to you even on a loan basis , one never allows for the contingencies which arise . |
| 27 | ‘ I have n't a living relation that I know of . ’ |
| 28 | I mean , I have n't a bloody clue ! |
| 29 | Thank you , and I think the only other thing I need is erm you have n't a small caster sugar have you ? |
| 30 | It 's hard to decide what you can do if you do n't know how much money you can get , and it 's hard to decide what something will cost if you have n't a clear idea of what you want to do . |