Example sentences of "have [not/n't] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's the only one of us has not had a drink this hot day . ’ |
2 | However , a booster of diphtheria vaccine is recommended , even for a short trip to Russia , if the traveller is not vaccinated or has not had a booster dose within 10 years . |
3 | Words which appear late in the list are remembered easily when recall is immediate as they are resident in short-term memory which has not had a chance to decay . |
4 | They sent him away and he 's waited four months and he has not had a penny . |
5 | Now the specialists have had to stand on their heads , because previous transfusions are known to be very helpful in making a kidney ‘ take ’ ; the modern kidney doctor will not usually accept for transplant a patient who has not had a transfusion . |
6 | The ice champion , who has not had a lover since his AIDS was diagnosed , has never denied being homosexual . |
7 | Certainly one would expect judges to exhaust every resource available to them to avoid committing to prison ( in this instance for six years ) a person who has not had an answer to arguable grounds of appeal . |
8 | Astley has not had an agency job since D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles took over Yellowhammer 17 months ago . |
9 | During yesterday 's emotion-charged appearance on Granada 's This Morning show , Keith — a self-confessed workaholic who has n't had a holiday for eight years — told how he was terrified by his situation and the impact it might have on his career . |
10 | But this tip for reasons beyond my knowledge has gone so there 's nothing to be done about it and erm er the last test I had the guy who conducted it said , You 've already got the heart off an average sixty year old who has n't had a heart attack . |
11 | Anyway back to main point , so up to retirement quite straightforward , no problem at all and this is why he could have gone on for donkey years without a return of income , his salary goes up of course , it 's picked up in the tax tables , his personal allowances do n't change so they could swan along there for so many years without even looking at his affairs , but then see what happens in the very next tax year , when he has n't had a return and may not get a return for a couple of years . |
12 | Terry B says he did n't think he was hitting the bottle but there 's one side of you that takes over and he started to slide down hill … he became and realised it was time to get real with himself and he has n't had a drink since march |
13 | Oh , sorry , no , you ca n't phone back , he 's only just got it and it has n't had a phone put in yet . |
14 | But once again they have n't worked hers out , I mean she told them she was down here in January and she still has n't had a bill yet for the end of this year . |
15 | ‘ As though it 's just been created and has n't had a chance to get fouled up with so-called ‘ civilisation ’ . |
16 | cos it has n't had a chance |
17 | ‘ He has n't had a chance against lesser bowling . |
18 | you see up to now she has n't had a chance to okay maybe it 's erm |
19 | He has n't had a relationship since nineteen |
20 | It escapes me why he has n't had a spell in the reserves to shake him up a bit . |
21 | She has n't had a day 's illness in her life . ’ |
22 | A baker who has n't had a day off sick in three quarters of a century is still slaving over a hot stove at the age of ( 87 ) eighty-seven . |
23 | Phyl has n't had a wash ! |
24 | It sounds , it sounds odd saying , oh my husband 's just renewed his , it makes it sound as if he has n't had a P S V erm licence for a while . |
25 | Bobby Vinton 's ‘ Blue Velvet ’ is this week 's network chart number one ; he has n't had a hit since the nineteen sixties , and when he was told of his success in America , he thought he 'd been made the victim of a Jeremy Beadle style prank . |
26 | No it 's got to be somebody who has n't had a go , otherwise the system falls down , does n't it . |
27 | No mummy has n't had a go actually |
28 | Poor old Scott has n't had a go yet ! |
29 | Er , who has n't had a turn ? |
30 | Since then , Betty has n't had a minute to spare . |