Example sentences of "had n't have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though from the way she remembered it , she had been so eager to be his that shyness had n't had a look in ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 4 | ‘ She said she had n't had a drink in 10 days . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yesterday she had n't had a chance to look properly . |
| 8 | They were pleased to have a nurse you see cos they had n't had a nurse . |
| 9 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |
| 10 | He had n't had a clothing parcel for a long time . |
| 11 | We switched off everything , I 'm sure , and we had n't had a fire in the grate for days . |
| 12 | I had n't had a shot in minutes . |
| 13 | He had n't had a book out . |
| 14 | By this time I was 5ft 7in , weighed six stone , was covered in boils , had a mouthful of ulcers and had n't had a period for four months . |
| 15 | She had n't had a headache today , in spite of the thundery heat . |
| 16 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 17 | Lissa had n't had a photograph for me to flash , but had described him as looking ‘ a lot like you , Mr Quick , a lot like you ’ . |
| 18 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 19 | He wrote his plea as follows : if he had n't had a reply from her before noon on the last day of the week ( which meant return post ) he would trouble her no more . |