Example sentences of "they [vb base] not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they do not the court may hold a rule invalid . |
| 2 | They come not a moment too soon , if Switzerland is to preserve its position as a front-ranking international financial centre . |
| 3 | ‘ They have n't a clue , ’ he said . |
| 4 | But they have n't a clue when it comes to answering a few penetrating questions put by a TV reporter . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But they have n't a concrete slab ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'd just forced myself to drive , for the first time in my life , in a country where they have n't the sense to drive on the proper side of the road . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , they have n't the structure of a lawyer 's work , ’ she said . |
| 10 | So they get thrown when faced with a canvas which represents nothing other than form or shape or colour and they get thrown because they have n't the vocabulary , it seems to them , to respond to it , and they feel the need to respond verbally . |
| 11 | They have n't the talent , nor the technical ability . |
| 12 | ‘ And they have n't the strength for heavy digging . |
| 13 | The police say they have n't the time or resources to worry about hashish . |
| 14 | They have n't the time or the engergy left to provide a sporting outlet for them . |
| 15 | The times I 've had to go in and get Durex for somebody else , because they have n't the nerve . |
| 16 | Even if they can produce more food , they have n't the transport or the packaging facilities . |
| 17 | They have n't the training , the intellectual equipment . |
| 18 | ‘ Defence has been perfected to a remarkable degree , ’ he said , ‘ and I have heard it suggested that through its further development football may be brought to a state of stalemate … it will be a sorry reflection on forwards if they have not the intelligence , the inventiveness to devise means by which they can carry their attack to a successful end . ’ |
| 19 | One looks firstly to see whether irrelevant considerations have been taken into account ; if they have not the decision may still be struck down if it is unreasonable in the substantive sense . |
| 20 | ‘ new Invention of Raiseing of Water and occasioning Motion to all sorts of Mill Work by the Impellent Force of Fire , which will be of great Use and Advantage for Drayning Mines , Serveing Towns with water , and for the working of all Sorts of Mills where they have not the benefit of Water nor Constant Windes ’ . |
| 21 | They have not the time for speech training , and are perhaps afraid to embarrass you , and by criticising your speech to add to your shyness in discussion . |