Example sentences of "have not [verb] a single " in BNC.

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1 In fact I have not met a single teacher who does not want to be their best and do their best for young people , even though what this means in practice is very different for different teachers .
2 As yet I have not written a single page by daylight .
3 But they have not made a single bid at Britain 's top yearling sale this week .
4 I have not heard a single argument — there was not a sentence in the Secretary of State 's speech — to suggest that the upper limit will be reached in the coming year .
5 We have not heard a single word .
6 Indeed , strictly speaking , so far we have not mentioned a single school development that falls within the scope of this study 's working definition of multimedia .
7 There has been little methodological writing about them until very recently ; there are major researchers , such as Goffman , with many volumes to their credit , who have not published a single line on their techniques ; and , while quantitative data are conventionally available to other researchers for re-analysis , no such traditions exists in qualitative research ; field-notes , indeed are often jealously guarded .
8 The Down Orange Welfare and Ulster Service Corps ( both rural and small town ) have not had a single member imprisoned for a terrorist offence nor has the rural section of the Orange Volunteers .
9 Turner says : ‘ We have not had a single offer for Ken — not yet .
10 There are still a few thousand of the biggest losers who have not had a single penny increase in income from that day to this .
11 We now have to vote on the timing of its procedures , even though we have not had a single hour of discussion in Committee .
12 This use of dots with slurs is so consistent that I have not found a single instance where in this combination the dots were not clearly identifiable as such .
13 ‘ He promised to stay in regular contact , but I have n't received a single phone call . ’
14 ‘ Well , I hate to disappoint you , Dr Grant , but I have n't lost a single patient so far .
15 ‘ I have n't said a single word about joining you in Italy . ’
16 ‘ I have n't seen a single book in the house , not one . ’
17 I have n't seen a single poster for this bloody show .
18 You have n't played a single ball off our cushion yet have you ?
19 I have n't heard a single thing of him !
20 Three years ago I planted leopard 's bane , and I have n't had a single leopard in the garden since !
21 Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process .
22 Well , we have n't had a single row er between the political parties or between the young people involved so far .
23 I 've had them for over three years now and they have n't remembered a single birthday or Christmas .
24 I have n't produced a single piece of writing of lasting value in my life .
25 I have n't got a single pair of bloody shoes without holes in them . ’
26 Do n't get me wrong , Jane , I 've nothing against the Jews , I like them ; I have n't got a single Jew for a friend , but they 're a fine race .
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