Example sentences of "had [not/n't] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we understood what he meant to do , we endeavoured to dissuade him ; but he was resolute , saying he had not had a roll for a long time ; and taking out of his pockets whatever might be in them — keys , pencil , purse , or pen-knife — and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . ’ |
| 2 | Miss Karen Gilroy , organiser of the Northallerton CT Scanner Appeal launched in October 1990 , said she was ‘ disappointed ’ the Friarage Hospital had not had a share of the health department package . |
| 3 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 4 | It was a job he seemed to be going after with a vengeance , despite the fact that the sizzling summer temperatures did n't exactly encourage the use of much firewood , and the lodge had not had a winter season for nearly ten years . |
| 5 | Harrogate were 9–0 down against their first round who had not had a try scored against them since October . |
| 6 | Harrogate were 9–0 down against their first round who had not had a try scored against them since October . |
| 7 | The journalist 's solicitor , Mr Geoffrey Bindman , added that he was ‘ very satisfied ’ at the outcome , not only because of the merits of the case but because his client had not had a chance to put his case against Mr Justice Hoffman 's earlier ruling to give up his notes . |
| 8 | She had not had a chance to mention it to Charlotte Hanover before their … their contretemps of the other night , and assumed that he would have the decency to realize that she would not , in any case , want him to accompany her now . |
| 9 | ‘ I could see that he had not had a drink yet and I was doubly surprised that he seemed in a good mood . ’ |
| 10 | But back at WHS headquarters , Sir Malcolm seemed unperturbed by the commentaries , pointing out that the group had not had a reduction in profits for ‘ many , many years ’ . |
| 11 | The reason for the apparent lack of confidence was clearly the fact that Elsworth had suspended operations for some while because of coughing in his yard and had not had a winner for almost six weeks . |
| 12 | But I had not had a winner since December 27 when Mr Entertainer won at Kempton Park , and many of my horses had been sick . ’ |
| 13 | Many of the carers complained that they had no social life ; for example a 90-year old widow 's daughter , who had her mother living with her , said she was hardly ever able to get out , and had not had a holiday for eight years . |
| 14 | Already evidence exists of underprovision of respite care : one recent study reported that a quarter of carers had not had a holiday for more than five years , and another found that 40% of carers could not take a break when they wanted . |
| 15 | It dawned on him that he had not had a date for weeks , and his first one would be with her at the Edwardian Ball . |
| 16 | He had not had a woman for weeks — not since that last trip to the Wilds — and that had been a sing-song girl , all artifice and expertise . |
| 17 | The average age of menopause in those who had not had a hysterectomy was 48 years ( range 42 to 59 ) and they were 5 years ( mean ; range 1 to 18 ) postmenopausal at the time of the study . |
| 18 | Thirty seven who had not had a hysterectomy were given cyclic progestogen with 150 micrograms of norgestrel for 12 days each month in addition to 0.625 mg of conjugated oestrogen ( Prempak C 0.625 , Wyeth ) . |
| 19 | If I had not had a sensation which resembles my present sensation I could not assert , ‘ My sensation is a sensation of white ’ with the same meaning as it would have if I had had a sensation resembling it . |
| 20 | He said he wrote to the former Beatle about the problem but had not had a reply . |
| 21 | He said , nearly 40pc ( 518 ) of young people on the dole in Darlington had not had a job for over half a year and one sixth ( 217 ) had not worked for over a year . |
| 22 | Though from the way she remembered it , she had been so eager to be his that shyness had n't had a look in ! |
| 23 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 25 | ‘ She said she had n't had a drink in 10 days . |
| 26 | Outside , the sun lashed him across the forehead with a warning of another headache to come , and he wished he had n't had a drink with lunch at paderborn . |
| 27 | And if she had n't brought those stupid letters , if they had n't had a row about them , it could have been fun working with him . |
| 28 | Yesterday she had n't had a chance to look properly . |
| 29 | They were pleased to have a nurse you see cos they had n't had a nurse . |
| 30 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |