Example sentences of "and [verb] not had " in BNC.

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1 However , this almost certainly indicates that each species has arisen in the relatively recent past ( usually by hybridization between existing sexual species ) , and has not had time to evolve any substantial variability .
2 Offered a settlement that would have retrieved half the gold , Moreira sternly refused — and has not had any of it back .
3 However , this is a major penetrative feature triggered by a fault ( the Outer Silver Pit Fault ) and has not had the displacive effect of the salt swells located further south and east .
4 This colony probably started as an offshoot of Glynleigh , being only about a mile away , and has not had more than eight nests .
5 The 32-year-old French film director has just flown into London from LA , and has not had an easy time of it .
6 Mark Flannagan , formerly Director of ASH Workplace Services , has been promoted to this post and has not had time to snatch a wink of sleep since .
7 The reason for the apparent lack of confidence was clearly the fact that Elsworth had suspended operations for some while because of coughing in his yard and had not had a winner for almost six weeks .
8 Mary had lost both parents , her husband and two children within the space of ten years , and had not had the opportunity to acknowledge any of the effect this had on her .
9 Many of the carers complained that they had no social life ; for example a 90-year old widow 's daughter , who had her mother living with her , said she was hardly ever able to get out , and had not had a holiday for eight years .
10 Some British officers had been sent to help the Madeirans with their resistance , but they had arrived only a few days before the Portuguese troops landed and had not had time to organize .
11 ‘ He judged , did our physician , that the duchess had likely lost her maidenhead some two years earlier — and had not had carnal relations since .
12 The good response mirrored our picture of the typical diesel owner : 95 per cent have maximum no-claims bonus , and have not had an accident in the last five years . ’
13 I am 46 years old and have not had anything lifted , tucked or masked .
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