Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] did not have " in BNC.

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1 When I said I did not have the sum he drew me even further into a corner .
2 The policy U-turn has been welcomed by local authorities , who claimed they did not have the resources needed to draw up the registers , and by building and property groups .
3 She knew she did not have the strength to throw her voice through the stillness so she knelt on one knee .
4 The prosecution claimed Jean-Marc Brennez was somebody Miss Giles had made up and the reason it was billed only as a surprise film was because she knew she did not have the right to show it .
5 Both the head and the educational psychologist stressed the positive value of Cedars and the likely problems for Balbinder if he stayed on at his present school , which they told her did not have the expertise to cope with his needs .
6 But there was a setback on Saturday when the French National League 's ( FNL ) disciplinary committee failed to make any ruling at a nine-hour meeting in Paris because they said they did not have enough evidence .
7 One angry worker explained : ‘ They said they did not have sufficient money to sustain capital investment and pay shareholders , so somebody had to draw the short straw and it was us . ’
8 The human members of the community are here mainly because out in the commercial world , they had been doing things they did not want to do , using skills they wished they did not have .
9 This time no expression came over their faces and he knew they did not have much time to live .
10 However , some members of his family were glad , because it meant they did not have to produce cattle .
11 He felt it a boring thing he had to do as he would probably rather do something else but nevertheless it had to be done , not to save his reputation but restore his self-respect which he felt he did not have fully if someone was allowed to insult him and get away with it .
12 But yesterday he said he did not have the power to pass the sentence .
13 He said he did not have the time .
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