Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chub take slugs absolutely savagely , as though they have not fed for a week and their very lives depend on seizing that particular specimen . |
| 2 | ‘ I have not prayed for twenty years , ’ he told Elliott , ‘ and on Sundays I plan how to kill Portuguese . ’ |
| 3 | I have not eaten for hours . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did not show today because I have not trained for three weeks , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir , said that " the arrogant alliance forces have not united for the sake of righteousness … but have come to victimize fraternal Iraq " . |
| 6 | If you are one of the few forgetful members who have not renewed for 1986 , it is not too late — Hilda will be delighted to hear from you . |
| 7 | Until now you have not asked for anything in my name . |
| 8 | We have not asked for contributions from the voluntary sector in the past as the Newsletter was viewed more as a vehicle to let staff and others know about how Community Care was being implemented from a Social Work Department perspective . |
| 9 | Despite living only about 10 minutes from each other , the two have not met for 50 years . |
| 10 | States which reject Part XI on the Deep Seabed have not pressed for amendment , but have taken steps to establish an alternative regime for the area . |
| 11 | The methods they use , the mela shikar and the khedda , have not altered for thousands of years . |
| 12 | In 1911 , the nation 's leading economic journal noted : " the money wages of seamen in many ports have not altered for twenty or thirty years . |
| 13 | We get a lot of people who have not cycled for years , they cycle tentatively for an hour , but then come back again to cycle the whole trail . |
| 14 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
| 15 | This does not necessarily mean that pupils can not distinguish the 2-D from the 3-D shape — they may be using a more familiar name for dual reference — but it probably does mean that they have not formalized for themselves the relationships among the various features of cubes and pyramids . |
| 16 | As Poole ( 1978 , p. 43 ) observes , the local government administrator typically works ‘ as a subordinate of the specialist , relieving him of those tasks which have not called for specialist experience and qualifications ’ . |
| 17 | He may have been joking , but his fatalistic sentiment was in the sane vein as a cruel remark made as Davies 's men departed in triumph : ‘ We understood Eastbourne were the only team who have not applied for a postal vote in the General Election . ’ |
| 18 | But half the ex-Yugoslavs who have come to Western Europe since the start of the Balkan fighting have not applied for asylum . |
| 19 | Most of those could be animals whose consignors have not applied for the special beef premium payment ( BSPS ) or which do not carry a CCD ( Cattle Control Document ) or passport . |
| 20 | The law-makers , roundly condemned by Brian Moore , England 's hooker , on the nonsensical grounds that they have not played for 40 years , have decided that when a maul — ball in hand — grinds to a halt , or the ball becomes unplayable , the team not in possession at the start of the maul should put the ball into an ensuing scrum . |
| 21 | He knows where nothing can go wrong , where the young man is worrying ‘ My God , if something happens which I have not calculated for … ’ . |
| 22 | After the reception , we all went in to the ballroom for a five-course Scottish dinner such as I have not seen for years ! |
| 23 | In Task 44 Extract 1 , for example , we might need to know the political opinions , or temperament , or personal involvement of the person for whom we are writing a report of the demonstration ; and in Extract 2 , a friend with whom we correspond might be nine or ninety , someone we saw last week , or someone we have not seen for decades . |
| 24 | Personal computer manufacturers have not waited for new standards but have begun to build CD-ROM drives into their products . |
| 25 | The remaining six patients are free of symptoms , but have not attended for ultrasound examination . |
| 26 | If you have not exercised for some time , if you are generally unfit or if you know you have a particular medical condition , it is essential to consult your doctor before beginning a regular exercise routine . |
| 27 | The Labour party cloaks under expressions such as ’ attack on civil rights ’ the fact that such people have not registered for the tax and have been indulging in tax avoidance , a practice for which the Labour party still shows some sympathy . |
| 28 | So I I 'm extremely pleased that the County Council have not gone for a strategic exceptions policy . |
| 29 | There has never been a day , nor yet an hour , when I have not ached for the loss of that which existed before Lucifer led his followers against the gods . |
| 30 | Managers have not , on the whole , been predisposed to numerically oriented analysis , clinicians have not pushed for cost or outcome data preferring to focus upon patient care processes and cash inputs have been on the basis of fairly crude recurring allocations . |