Example sentences of "they [verb] [not/n't] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not the case that when the Government privatised the electricity and gas companies they created not a range of companies which could induce real competition for the benefit of customers and the environment but large companies with near monopoly supply status which are not in the least interested in energy efficiency ? |
| 2 | Does he realise that the islanders have run the ferry for many years and that until this year they received not a penny of subsidy , unlike the Scottish ferries ? |
| 3 | He looked covertly at the members to his left and right : they gave not a flicker of recognition . |
| 4 | They had n't a clue where the fire was coming from . |
| 5 | And he went to them , and he found that they had n't a clue what they 'd written , and he concluded , quite soberly , that they must have been visited by a Muse . |
| 6 | Maybe we thought they had n't a cat in hell 's , or in Coundon 's . |
| 7 | But I 'd be surprised if they had n't a front-runner in mind , because there will be a lot of hard work to be done getting a replacement this summer . |
| 8 | If they were in debt , which they were very often , they had n't a penny . |
| 9 | Conservatives taunted them that they might find themselves , fugitives in Africa , ‘ drawing from under their arm a very fine plan of a constitution while they had not a foot of land to stand upon ’ , after having opened the doors to ‘ the revolutionary spirit which had destroyed France ’ . |
| 10 | They come not a moment too soon , if Switzerland is to preserve its position as a front-ranking international financial centre . |
| 11 | ‘ They have n't a clue , ’ he said . |
| 12 | But they have n't a clue when it comes to answering a few penetrating questions put by a TV reporter . |
| 13 | It turns Jones into penniless Jones , Smith into penniless Smith , and if I rob Smith and Jones together they have n't a penny between them . |
| 14 | But they have n't a concrete slab ! |
| 15 | In spite of a wardrobe bulging with clothes , most women complain that they have n't a thing to wear when any invitation arrives in the post . |