Example sentences of "have not a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This international co-operation between clearinghouses does not preclude international co-operation on an individual library basis , nor does it mean that the Australian , UK and USA clearinghouses will not provide a service to individual libraries in another country which has or has not a clearinghouse of its own . |
| 2 | It is a wild and mischievous allegation , for which the hon. Lady has not a shadow of evidence . |
| 3 | Having inundated us with Mozart last season , it has not a note of Rossini this summer . |
| 4 | It is not easy to see the future for the art of jewellery ; it may even be considered that as an art it has not a future . |
| 5 | A weeping standard achieves a different form by having not a bush type but a rambler budded into the top of the stem , from where the long flexible rambler stems hang and drape down like a floral curtain . |
| 6 | That we 're really talking about the re the reign of God , and how in fact God 's plan is not in operation with people starving and people having not a future they c they can anticipate . |
| 7 | The Jews had not a chance , but in the course of their toils one of their minority groups acquired autonomy and challenged the Roman Empire in a more fundamental manner than the old worshippers of the Temple of Jerusalem had ever done . |
| 8 | This seemed unnecessary , for Miss Logan had not a word of Turk or Russo or Kurdish or whatever mixture it was the other two communicated in ; but she did as she was told . |
| 9 | It occurred to us that either the gap between the rich and the poor had become much wider than anyone had ever imagined and that these people had not a clue about our reality or else their campaigns were a deliberate conspiracy to cover up the real cause of our appalling health record . |
| 10 | The fact that Branson had not a clue what ‘ synergy ’ meant was just one sign that he found the understanding between them somewhat less than ‘ magical ’ . |
| 11 | ( At the time I had not a clue what he was talking about but , in hindsight , he was , of course , referring to Boleyn 's ascendancy over Fat Henry and Wolsey falling like a star from the sky of royal preferment . ) |
| 12 | He had not a clue . |
| 13 | I kid you not , I had not a clue as to what she might be talking about . |
| 14 | She had not a clue . |
| 15 | If she did , he did n't know what he would do ; he had not a shred of evidence . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | In fact though , as Lenin said , populism had not a grain of socialism in it . |
| 18 | Although he had not a prayer against Desert Orchid in the Gold Cup , Norton 's Coin came to Cheltenham with the reputation of being a useful enough horse despite lowly origins . |
| 19 | Menzies the old bon vivant had not a fraction of Atholl 's strength , he would not dare to turn them away , and if he did they would go in there with sticks and clubs and — As Cameron felt his anger rising , he swallowed it , took up his own cherrywood stick from the corner , and went hack outside . |
| 20 | Five little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious yum , yum , yum , what have they |
| 21 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
| 22 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
| 23 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
| 24 | Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they |
| 25 | They would probably have passed the cottage of Tom and Dolly Hanks without being aware of it had not a window been thrown open unexpectedly . |
| 26 | I know that his intervention was well meant and had not a whit of political mischief about it . |
| 27 | In Couldery v. Bartrum ( 1881 ) 19 Ch.D. 394 at 400 , Jessel M.R. , discussing the rule in Pinnel 's Case and compositions with creditors , said ’ … as every debtor had not a stock of canary birds , or tomtits , or rubbish of that kind , to add to his dividend , it was felt desirable to bind the creditors in a sensible way by saying that , if they all agreed , there should be a consideration imported from the agreement constituting an addition to the dividend , so as to make the agreement no longer nudum pactum , but an agreement made for valuable consideration , then there would be satisfaction . |
| 28 | And she knew herself to look better , clad in what passed for finery these days , than she did in the house where with so much work to do she had not a moment to spare for her appearance . |
| 29 | They left the bar , Bodo exchanging farewells as if he had not a care in the world . |
| 30 | In those days we had not a care in the world , the only thing that counted was the game in which we were playing . |