Example sentences of "had n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had n't the patience for that . |
| 2 | Often he suspected he had n't the capacity to sustain either love or hate . |
| 3 | Facilities for homeless people are of course open only at certain times of the day and I had n't the money to go anywhere else . |
| 4 | Frequently they had n't the money . |
| 5 | So , people tried to set up unions to improve living & working conditions , but this failed , because the workers had n't the money , knowledge or power . |
| 6 | he 's either up the stairs well he came down one night right enough he was talking to his girl on the phone , she phones him through the week and er he was a bit depressed because he he had n't the money , he 's , he 's on the and he has n't really the money to give in for housekeeping plus try and get driving lessons and his daddy wo n't let him |
| 7 | How could she be expected to cope with stupid computers that had n't the wit to understand a simple error , or calculators that came up with the wrong numbers ? |
| 8 | After a few days , nine or ten , I wondered if it would aid things to pay a visit to Scotland , but I had n't the purpose for it , let alone the money . |
| 9 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 10 | Jim was all for going on , for expanding , for advancing rather than retreating , but Cliff was beginning to think that after all he had n't the temperament for it , he could n't stand the anxiety , he did n't enjoy the suspense : all he wanted was security , independence , freedom from worry , being his own man . |
| 11 | A few seconds later , he gasped in realization : had n't the scientist referred to his tardy colleague as ‘ he ’ ? |
| 12 | And , in case that was n't enough to show the people where their duty lay , had n't the Church 's ban on Fenianism been reinforced later by a papal decree ? |
| 13 | The man from the Midland Bank said he had n't the kind of money required . |
| 14 | And when Ward said it had n't the range , Gómez replied sharply , ‘ But I think it has . |
| 15 | Had n't the losing of Eugenia been like one ? |
| 16 | Yet she had n't the heart to forbid him to smoke when he had so few comforts left . |
| 17 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 18 | Ruth had n't the heart to tell her that she was n't welcome in it . |
| 19 | When he died in her arms in the scalp , she had n't the heart or the strength to survive . ’ |
| 20 | we were in town on Saturday and I saw two really nice sports bags , but we had so many parcels I I did n't had n't the heart to suggest to Bill we |
| 21 | But I had n't the heart . |
| 22 | He had n't the heart , like he had before . ’ |
| 23 | He had n't the heart to say he did n't want to be his lordship 's servant or , indeed , anyone 's servant . |
| 24 | Driving home in the minibus , she offered Silas an apologetic smile as she admitted , ‘ I had n't the heart to throw them out . ’ |
| 25 | One o'clock in Piazza dei Partigiani after a stressful morning at work was very different from eleven o'clock the night before after making love , but Ellen was bubbling with such enthusiasm that he had n't the heart to voice his reservations . |
| 26 | and I had n't the heart to tell |
| 27 | Why had n't the man left a sconce burning ? |
| 28 | ‘ I had only returned from a holiday in Dublin and had n't the price of the airline ticket , so I had to borrow from my mum , ’ said Deirdre , who is the mother of a five-year-old daughter , Emma . |
| 29 | When Auntie Jean slammed Uncle Ted 's tea on the table at the end of each day — a meat pie and chips , or a nice bit of rump steak and tartar sauce ( he had n't the nerve yet to go vegetarian ) — she sat opposite him with a stiff drink and demanded facts about Eva and Dad . |
| 30 | He knew he had n't the nerve to face his mother 's wrath . |