Example sentences of "have [not/n't] got " in BNC.

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61 He says : ‘ I feel I have established a precedent for arguing that if there is a genuine reason why one has n't got the cash to pay the tax the surcharge should be waived .
62 He has n't got a single spot yet .
63 On we walk , discussing hobbies , like two old geezers , and she tells e how nice it is to talk to me like this as sometimes she feels she has n't got to know me as well as she would have liked .
64 They had got used to living in Brighton , and saw no reason to uproot themselves , but one of their tutors took them aside and said , ‘ Look , this place has n't got a proper research library , and it 's not going to get one .
65 He has n't got a philosophical mind .
66 ‘ Colin Lambert has n't got two grey cells to rub together and will say anything to get his name in this column .
67 The only thing it has n't got is a decent skate shop .
68 There was no sign of this Devil 's Ridge and by the time we reached the summit of Sgor an Iubhair I was imagining a knife edge of rock , hanging above an abyss full of red scaly demons , holding pitch forks and hissing to one another , ‘ She has n't got the security of a rope . ’
69 A quiet word here and there usually lets the player know he has n't got off Scot -free .
70 When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose .
71 He has n't got his own , you see . ’
72 He says he has n't got the time to spend — they 'll need evenings and evenings , far more than once a week .
73 She has n't got big knockers , ’ Nutty said .
74 ‘ Why , ’ she began , ‘ Daddy has n't got the new one , after all — ’ And then she stopped , for she saw , now that the van had sped closer , that it was n't her daddy 's , after all , but one just like it .
75 ‘ According to what he said he wanted to learn Dutch , but not German , and he has n't got a wife .
76 If a home has n't got much space and there are still children around , the chances of it working without conflict are reduced .
77 He has n't got the guts .
78 He has n't got a mum , he has n't got a home to go to .
79 He has n't got a mum , he has n't got a home to go to .
80 ‘ She has n't got anything to wear anyway ’ , she continued scathingly .
81 ‘ He has n't got enough to do , that one . ’
82 Mr Chan has n't got all day . ’
83 ‘ It 's the first sandwich you 've ever made me that has n't got any paint on it . ’
84 This geezer has n't got much in the way of skills , but he 's fairly popular with the fans .
85 ‘ More people now appreciate that you ca n't look at a relationship and say , ‘ It has n't got a hope ’ .
86 ‘ And on present evidence a back-door man like you has n't got it up there .
87 ‘ He has n't got a father .
88 But he has n't got one now . ’
89 He has n't got any .
90 We do n't know how to change the strings and my son has n't got a clue who Hank Marvin is !
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