Example sentences of "has n't had a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 ‘ As though it 's just been created and has n't had a chance to get fouled up with so-called ‘ civilisation ’ .
8 cos it has n't had a chance
9 ‘ He has n't had a chance against lesser bowling .
10 you see up to now she has n't had a chance to okay maybe it 's erm
11 He has n't had a relationship since nineteen
12 It escapes me why he has n't had a spell in the reserves to shake him up a bit .
13 She has n't had a day 's illness in her life . ’
14 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 .
15 Phyl has n't had a wash !
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 No it 's got to be somebody who has n't had a go , otherwise the system falls down , does n't it .
19 No mummy has n't had a go actually
20 Poor old Scott has n't had a go yet !
21 Er , who has n't had a turn ?
22 Since then , Betty has n't had a minute to spare .
23 Yeah she has n't had a question yet
24 He has n't had a job for ages has he ?
25 ‘ I have n't taken a penny in wages since we opened the shop and in the past five months Douglas has n't had a wage either .
26 ‘ I share with David an ’ he 's bound to keep comin' in to see what we'se doin' and Edward has n't had a room of his own ever .
27 Of course now they 're recalling the fact that Tweed 's wife left him several years ago for a Greek shipping magnate , that he has n't had a lot to do with women since … ’
28 She has n't had a form or nothing !
29 But then , she has n't had an opportunity . ’
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