Example sentences of "have n't have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the pools in Bosnia are damaged so he has n't had the chance to go swimming much before . |
| 2 | I 'm particularly sad my mother has n't had the opportunity to buy even his MC . |
| 3 | Is n't working but has n't had the sack . |
| 4 | ‘ In this case I 'm surprised that Stella has n't had the sense to allow Bill to take her to a doctor in Hastings right away . ’ |
| 5 | and has n't had the example of either a mother or a father who understands the necessity of |
| 6 | It 's got instant character , whereas a new guitar has n't had the years of beating on it and fiddling with to give it the character . |
| 7 | Dan had n't had the sense to leave it in the shade . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't have offered to help if I had n't had the experience necessary . |
| 9 | Cos I had n't had the gang then do you see , there was only two of us then . |
| 10 | and Phyllis had n't had the opportunity to discuss anything with |
| 11 | ‘ Lenin is to blame ’ and ‘ If we had n't had the revolution we would at least be living like people ’ are two typical sentiments . |
| 12 | I slumped to my knees , burdened by the hopeless regret that I had n't had the chance to do this just a bit sooner . |
| 13 | But he had n't had the guts to do it . |
| 14 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 15 | It was looking a mess because I had n't had the heart to tidy it ; the sky outside had a yellow-grey sameness , without a hint of where the sun might be , and in that light the flowers on the dirty brown wallpaper looked sadder than ever . |
| 16 | Our father had n't had the cough which racked him . |
| 17 | If we had n't had the shop , I do n't know how we could have managed . ’ |
| 18 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 19 | Common sense should have told her that he had n't had the time , even if he 'd had the inclination , to arrange that visit from those two men . |
| 20 | If I had n't had the golf-bag on my shoulder , I would have taken off with the umbrella . |
| 21 | She had been like clay in the hands of a master craftsman , and the most unpalatable knowledge was that she had n't had the strength to resist that breathtaking attraction . |
| 22 | Eventually it was he who told her mother when she was about eight months pregnant : " We 'd been planning it for ages to tell them but we had n't had the nerve to get round to it . |
| 23 | ‘ We would have had a monumental amount of stuff anyway , even if we had n't had the business . ’ |
| 24 | If he had n't had the business I would have left him within a month . |
| 25 | I 'm my own man and that 's very important in these times , even if you have n't had the problems I 've had , and you have n't , because that 's perfectly obvious , you 're sitting there and asking me the questions . |
| 26 | we have n't had the bad weather , we have n't had the fogs that |
| 27 | we have n't had the fogs that other people have had |
| 28 | Do n't say I 'll give you a bit of my advice on a lead , because er you have n't had the call so you ought to be on your best level . |
| 29 | You have n't had the tetanus antitoxin . |
| 30 | ‘ I think when we lose people , it 's more upsetting if they just suddenly die and we have n't had the opportunity to do the tending and caring . |