Example sentences of "had n't [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when I was younger we had n't a binder , we just had the ordinary mower . |
| 2 | It had n't a chance . |
| 3 | Claudia twisted away from him , conscious that if he wanted to keep her close to him she had n't a chance . |
| 4 | And I thought yeah I know mate , you might of now but you bloody well had n't a year ago well I said well so I said before we even put the on the field once we 'd phoned him up asked . |
| 5 | Maybe we thought they had n't a cat in hell 's , or in Coundon 's . |
| 6 | She also felt the tiniest bit muzzy and hoped that she had n't a cold coming on . |
| 7 | Men had n't a bit of sense when it came to personal relationships . |
| 8 | I had n't a clue what was expected . |
| 9 | They had n't a clue where the fire was coming from . |
| 10 | ‘ He really knows his Oxford ! ’ he thought we thought , while every enthusiastic word and expansive gesture in fact revealed that the poor bugger had n't a clue about the place . |
| 11 | I had n't a clue about such things in those days . |
| 12 | When I rang the Department of Transport , a press officer cheerfully said his department had n't a clue what was happening . |
| 13 | ‘ Ah but we did n't know what we were doing then ’ , is no doubt the department 's answer , an answer echoed by local farmer , Jack Maher , though the ignorance of local farmers seems understandable , while that of the department seems culpable : ‘ We had n't a clue what they were going to do . |
| 14 | Casino boss Peter Welter said : ‘ He had n't a clue about gambling , but he had enormous luck . ’ |
| 15 | Will had n't a clue — he could n't have cared less ! |
| 16 | It was difficult to chose between them , partly because they were all so good but also because , unlike those first Film Week entrepreneurs , none of us had much artistic flair and had n't a clue what would work best . |
| 17 | Even blindingly obvious and crucial insights do n't usually come instantly — it took us 24 hours to realise that the part-concealed agenda behind IBM 's December closures was that the company was signalling the death of the mainframe , a couple of months to realise that the executive search committee of IBM non-executive directors had n't a clue what it should be looking for in a new chief executive for IBM — because they themselves did n't have the computer industry background they needed to recognise how vital such a background would be to the person assuming the post . |
| 18 | ‘ When we first gave her toys , she had n't a clue what to do with them . |
| 19 | I croaked out , which hospital , but she had n't a clue and sent me up to ask somebody called Coleman . " |
| 20 | Obviously Mrs Sweet had n't a clue who any of the people in the photographs were . |
| 21 | Said I obviously had n't a clue about pruning . ’ |
| 22 | It 's no proof I had n't a clue |
| 23 | She had n't a clue as to what was going on in his mind . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But as far as the others were concerned he had n't a clue , and , rack his brains as he might , he had very little idea how he could find out . |
| 26 | He 'd sounded as though he was being sarcastic , or ironic , but again she had n't a clue what he meant . |
| 27 | I mean he had n't a clue what it , what was written in it . |
| 28 | and I had n't a clue what that was . |
| 29 | He had n't a clue . |
| 30 | To be truthful , she had n't a clue what she was doing . |