Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [not/n't] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been doing press and touring and all that lot for two years without a break , I 'd not had time to change or take anything in . ’ |
| 2 | I wish I 'd not had to lie to my poor Norman , but he did n't question my story about a long-lost godchild and assured me he had no need of my money . |
| 3 | If I 'd not had Louisa I do n't suppose I would have pushed myself when I had the job interview . |
| 4 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 5 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 6 | There was one good thing , though : in all the fuss I had n't had to apologize to Kezia . |
| 7 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 8 | If only I had n't had that last cup of hot chocolate . |
| 9 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 10 | If I had n't had the golf-bag on my shoulder , I would have taken off with the umbrella . |
| 11 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd had one drink but I would have taken the same stand if I had n't had a drink at all . |
| 13 | She answered calmly and shuffled over to the fireplace , but I had n't had my say yet . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's sorry I am about your mam , would have come to the funeral if I had n't had to work , mind . ’ |
| 15 | Wilson and I had n't had a proper meal the whole time and now my stomach was beginning to remind me there were other things in life besides Scotch and bourbon . |
| 16 | There were two large lumps that I had n't had before , but at least the skull did n't seem to be broken . |
| 17 | I had n't had a lot of luck finding the man I wanted , but at least I 'd been getting up to date on my social exercises , like who was drinking with who , and in what bars . |
| 18 | At this moment , at this precise moment , a feeling came over me that I had n't had for nearly a month . |
| 19 | It was looking a mess because I had n't had the heart to tidy it ; the sky outside had a yellow-grey sameness , without a hint of where the sun might be , and in that light the flowers on the dirty brown wallpaper looked sadder than ever . |
| 20 | I was n't given anything to eat until six o'clock , I had n't had anything all day . |
| 21 | I often used to get stomach-ache if I had n't had enough to eat so when I woke up with a pain I thought maybe I was hungry again , but because the baby was due any day I thought it best to tell my mum . |
| 22 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 23 | I had quite a good vocabulary and had written letters to Eric , but I had n't had anyone to talk to in English . |
| 24 | I slumped to my knees , burdened by the hopeless regret that I had n't had the chance to do this just a bit sooner . |
| 25 | I 'd still be a lowly civil servant if I had n't had my castle . ’ |
| 26 | I had n't had a shot in minutes . |
| 27 | Well , that 's true , of course , but after all , I would be a different person if I had n't had that sort of childhood . |
| 28 | I had n't had any kind of pain relief — well , there was n't time ! — but the pain , although very intense , was only for a short time , so it was easy for me to bear . |
| 29 | I had n't had Hilary since he was in the second year . ’ |
| 30 | I had n't had to think . |