Example sentences of "she [verb] not [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And she wasted not a moment .
2 There 's a stigma attached to the stay-at-home mum , as if she has n't a brain between the ears !
3 She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink .
4 ‘ No , ’ Grace added , ‘ She has n't a horse . ’
5 I think she thought Emily would be able to earn her living as a governess or lady 's companion , in the end , but she 's too idle and she has n't the wit .
6 She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble .
7 ‘ When we first gave her toys , she had n't a clue what to do with them .
8 I croaked out , which hospital , but she had n't a clue and sent me up to ask somebody called Coleman . "
9 She had n't a clue as to what was going on in his mind .
10 She watched him as he snatched the receiver and barked down the end of it , but she had n't a clue as to the nature of the conversation , since she was privy to only one side , and that was in French .
11 He 'd sounded as though he was being sarcastic , or ironic , but again she had n't a clue what he meant .
12 To be truthful , she had n't a clue what she was doing .
13 She had n't a clue what to say .
14 Now if she re-dialled she would only get the apartment ringing incessantly ; the call before she had lost and she had n't a clue where its destination was .
15 ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she apologised breathlessly , so bemused by that time that she had n't a clue what she was apologising for .
16 Nettled by his tone , Shannon glared defensively back at him , belatedly wishing she 'd never got into yet another argument she had n't a hope of winning .
17 Harry Martin was behind all this , and , although she had n't a hope of proving it , she knew it for a fact .
18 Claudia twisted away from him , conscious that if he wanted to keep her close to him she had n't a chance .
19 She also felt the tiniest bit muzzy and hoped that she had n't a cold coming on .
20 She had n't a cough ; it was not , it seemed , her heart — that would be mentioned , I felt .
21 She had n't a penny piece with which to bless herself and few skills .
22 And , and to be able to if you like , bring it as a dowry , but it would n't have mattered if she had n't a penny .
23 But as the bairn said , she had n't a key , it was on her mother .
24 How was it she had n't a bust ? nor hips like other girls , or women , of twenty-two ?
25 With her father 's fate still undecided , he had caught her cruising the shops as though she had n't a care in the world .
26 Though that was easier said than done she would do her best , and try instead to enjoy what she could of the coming seven days , and treat each day as a holiday and as if she had n't a care in the world .
27 Yeah she 's , just at the moment she had n't a complaint
28 She had n't a dog of her own yet .
29 But she had n't the patience for that .
30 Yet she had n't the heart to forbid him to smoke when he had so few comforts left .
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