Example sentences of "not have many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was new to the country and did not have many friends . |
| 2 | Jake may not have many teeth yet but developing a sweet tooth now could lead to decay later . |
| 3 | They do not have many soldiers . |
| 4 | As I hear it , you may not have many days in which to get back home ! ’ |
| 5 | They do not have many takers . |
| 6 | We may not have many estate agents and delis in Tottenham , but I like it here . |
| 7 | Such elders may be stoically enduring remediable suffering , have internalised an ageist view that old folks should not have many desires ‘ at their time of life ’ , or hold a belief that it is wrong to want things , or to be assertive . |
| 8 | It costs a fortune to run and can not have many years left before scrapping , anyway . |
| 9 | If you do not have many outlets , or can not add extra lights , think of adding track-lighting to the ceiling since you can fix as many spots onto a track , trained to as many angles as you think it will take . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , I see , you are poor , weak , you do n't have many GCSEs . |
| 11 | It 's terribly difficult to make a call to those sort of islands as they do n't have many telephones . |
| 12 | Of course , people would do as much as they could on their own , partly because it was n't easy to send for a vet in a faraway place like Baldersdale , which did n't have many telephones , and partly because of the expense . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't have many pockets of enjoyment , so it 's nice . |
| 14 | We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make . |
| 15 | We do n't have many chips at all really . |
| 16 | Now I would say to sa say that that is almost a bit like the story of the boy crying that he did n't have many holidays because he did n't go to school and that because Harrogate 's er unemployment is so low or has been historically so low compared with other areas , a relatively small increase in the number of unemployment has an enormous increase as compared with what it 's been in the past and so the same number of people living in Harrogate who lose their jobs has an impact on the unemployment figures as perceived locally greater than a similar number of people losing their jobs in Leeds or Selby or somewhere else , and so I think to some extent this the rhetoric has outrun the reality on that point . |
| 17 | ‘ We now have a very healthy nationwide membership that 's growing all the time , but I 'm afraid we still do n't have many members from Newquay , supposedly the country 's surf capital . |
| 18 | And if he could put up with humourless Hugh for three weeks in the sun , the family , who could n't have many jokes to look forward to , would be glad of a running commentary on their holiday by the well-known author of ‘ Jottings ’ . |
| 19 | we did n't have many bookings , |
| 20 | The fact is I do n't have many dealings with people of Mr Hatton 's … ’ |
| 21 | Ken Vasey did n't have to make a save in the first half , did n't really have to did n't give Charlton a chance , and even in the second half when Charlton came forward more and more , they did n't really have any chances erm one that Lee volleyed over the bar , one that was headed over the crossbar , and the chance that went in the net , so they still did n't have many chances , but erm United somehow erm construed to drop two points , and erm yes , dreadfully disappointing . |
| 22 | And Charles did n't have many others . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't believe it , ’ Bernice said , coming to the conclusion that the khthons did n't have many cinemas . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't have many drop-outs , ’ said Mr Robertson . |
| 25 | But in those days you did n't have many visitors at all . |
| 26 | The gathering perception that pen input has been over-hyped was reflected in the fact that it slipped two points to 8% , and speech technology does n't have many friends either , dropping one point to just 7% . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's just … it 's just … that I do n't have many friends and I do feel sort of isolated , I s'pose — ’ I pulled up short , I was trespassing on forbidden ground , getting close to revealing more than I should . |
| 28 | Did n't have many friends . ’ |
| 29 | She did n't have many friends and not much of a social life . |
| 30 | ‘ He does n't have many friends . |