Example sentences of "not having a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not having a private discussion about Aschmann . |
| 2 | ‘ I put it down to not having a decent breakfast before I went out to play . ’ |
| 3 | Not having a good night 's sleep is the main thing and not knowing how long it 'll go on for . |
| 4 | Its one thing not making a mistake , another not having a good game . |
| 5 | Lydia was evasive , not having a good answer ready . |
| 6 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they look like they 're acting , the tape is rejected . |
| 7 | ‘ If someone looks like they 're not having a good time , or they 're looking at their watch , or they look like they 're acting , then the tape is rejected . ’ |
| 8 | Nonconformists could not win : if they followed normal Victorian uses and imitated the past , whether it was Greek , Gothic , Lombard , Norman or St Paul 's Cathedral , they were and are criticized for not having a new style . |
| 9 | If women are refused credit because of some credit-worthiness factor ( say , not having a full-time job ) which applies more often to them than to men , that is lawful only if that credit-worthiness factor can be shown to be a justifiable reason for withholding credit regardless of the sex of the applicant . |
| 10 | The return flight was made via Horta in the Azores due to not having a Maia-assisted take-off , which would have allowed a heavier fuel load . |
| 11 | This is defined as a goods vehicle which does not form part of a vehicle combination and has a relevant plated weight not exceeding 3500kg , or ( not having a plated weight ) has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525kg . |
| 12 | I had n't come to any grief by not having a comprehensive view of that crocodile pool , ignorance really was bliss that day ; but when it comes to organizing a major event , failure to see the overall picture from the start can blight the whole business . |
| 13 | The mention of a bank made him feel guilty about not having a joint account with Bella any longer . |
| 14 | ‘ You do n't mind not having a joint account , do you , darling ? ’ he said to her . |
| 15 | Then one day she found her mother 's pills while tidying her bedroom and , not having a firm grasp of the principles of contraception , swapped these for aspirins . |
| 16 | She comments : ‘ I used to worry about not having a traditional career . |
| 17 | I think if we go down not having a responsible position to our debts , repaying our debts in the long term , erm , we are going to be restricted on what we can borrow with the capital , because no government is going to , you know , my party or your party , is going to let us go on building debts , and more debts by giving us permission to borrow money and more money and more money . |
| 18 | Great Scott , I 'm not having a little five-year-old brigand sitting with the senior girls and boys in the top form . |
| 19 | Well actually it jus , he 's not having a bad time . |
| 20 | It also criticised St Charles for not having a clear system of sanctions , making punishment appear ‘ arbitrary and unfair ’ to the residents . |
| 21 | Marriage was forbidden in their contracts too , but so many of the so-called babes broke the rule during the season that Amy found it impossible to replace them ; not having a large pool of dancers back in Britain she decided to bring the unmarried ones back after the first year 's contract was completed . |
| 22 | And — not having a big ego to get in the way — viewing the world and its inhabitants with a penetrating intelligence . |
| 23 | Thinking about it , she did n't mind in the least not having a proper part . |
| 24 | Jerk gave Frank a dressing-down for not having a proper shower . |
| 25 | I started nagging him about money , about not having a proper job and no guts to get one … |
| 26 | er Red er Leicester , I got a lump last and there was no taste at all and on the second day , we not having a proper fridge just er , a a fridge you know keeping it in store |
| 27 | Unfortunately I did not fully understand that the usefulness of the machine was limited by its memory capacity and the extent to which not having a hard disk would limit my son 's use of the machine . |
| 28 | Apart from this defeat in Africa , Hitler 's Germany was not having a happy time . |
| 29 | The Doctor talked about ‘ the police ’ as having little control , and ‘ as yet ’ not having a scientific methodology to investigate crimes . |
| 30 | It did n't read like some pick-up place where everyone went off together for topless holidays ; nor did it make it seem as if it was your fault for not having a social life . |