Example sentences of "had not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laura 's problem was that she had not enough to do — no children , though she had n't said anything about this recently — and his heart smote him because he had undertaken to make her happy , and had n't . |
| 2 | Johnson , who should have known better , believed Boswell right in assuming such folk unhappy , ‘ for that they had not enough to keep their minds in motion ’ . |
| 3 | Anna was in danger of dying because he had not enough to offer her to replace what she would be losing . |
| 4 | Why did Doctor Lanyon think that he had not long to live ? |
| 5 | Ramsay , forming his men into a lengthy line four deep , had not long to wait before the high wailing of a hunting-horn sounded in the windy gloom , for his group had probably had furthest to ride . |
| 6 | They had not long to wait to discover whether Edward was in earnest or not . |
| 7 | This was to pay dividends , and we had not long to wait . |
| 8 | I had not only to Testify as to how , where and when the Lord Jesus had entered my heart but also give the punters a detailed account of the innermost secrets of my heart . |
| 9 | He had not only to acquire knowledge of the artificial-flower trade but to compete , while paying full male wages , against most manufacturers , who employed low-waged girls . |
| 10 | He had not only to take Rome : he had also to retain it . |
| 11 | Eliot suggested that whoever studied dancing had not only to include its highest forms — ballet and the Mass — but also primitive dances such as the Australian ceremonies detailed by Spencer and Gillen and Howitt ( whom Eliot misnamed Hewett ) . |
| 12 | The Scots had not only to reconstruct their self-image , but also to build up contacts with new friends and allies , the main but by no means the only one being France . |
| 13 | But Christianity had not only to compete — to offer a god who could match his rivals miracle for miracle , wonder for wonder , supernatural occurrence for supernatural occurrence . |
| 14 | Those who attempted to manage the political affairs of a county or district of burghs had not only to contribute towards any public project in their area , they were expected to be the leading subscribers , and it mattered little whether or not they agreed with the project in view . |
| 15 | Under the surface draining or thorough water-draining of the land had to be undertaken on a more planned and workmanlike scale than had been done formerly ; for now the below-surface drains had to take off most of the water and conduct it to the ditches , and had not merely to assist the wasteful system of frequent water-furrows on the surface , as the old bush-drains had done when they were almost the sole method of under-draining . |
| 16 | Fortunately the Royal Hotel was on the front , and they had not far to go . |