Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon had little reason to be grateful or even appreciative of Jesus because he did not have a sense of wrong . |
| 2 | The remarkable achievements of Charlemagne are further emphasized by the fact that he did not have a standing or regular army at any time . |
| 3 | He did not have a watch , the only timepiece in the family was an aged alarm clock sitting on the kitchen shelf . |
| 4 | He had been fond of his uncle , Thomas had been a bluff hearty man but unfortunately he did not have a head for business . |
| 5 | They had gone ahead of their Australian guide and he did not have a chance to warn them the creature — usually docile — lived there . |
| 6 | Legality was important to the President because , although he had won the presidential election , he did not have a majority in Congress . |
| 7 | He did not have a blueprint for the Council . |
| 8 | At sixteen he discovered girls and decided he did not have a vocation . |
| 9 | He did not have a karma ; he was not locked onto an inescapable railway line to a predetermined destiny — an idea that has frozen the will of millions in the East . |
| 10 | He did not have a house there , but Princess Ashraf did an so did many other members of the family . |
| 11 | He did not have a headache although he listened to his old albums at full volume . |
| 12 | Therefore , even if he did not have a stammer , there would not be enough breath in his lungs for him to speak his words property . |
| 13 | The Channel 7 man claimed he had received clearance from the German Wirtschaftspruferkammer allowing member firms to advertise their services outside Germany ( it is forbidden in Germany ) but that unfortunately he did not have a copy with him . |
| 14 | The following day he told a rally of factory workers that the parliament was " imposed , nominated and illegitimate " , but that he did not have a right to dissolve it . |
| 15 | This gourmet 's challenge had been taken up successfully upon only one occasion , when a patron ordered elephant 's testicles on toast and the chef was forced to admit that he did n't have a bit of bread in the house . |
| 16 | He says he did n't have a clue what he wanted to do when he left school . |
| 17 | He 'd been so flattered by her unflagging attention , her unflagging efforts to please him , that he did n't have a clue who she was . |
| 18 | He can never remember a time when he did n't have a detective to guard him , or private cars , planes or trains to transport him . |
| 19 | He did n't have a scarf on this morning . |
| 20 | He did n't have a house here , he did n't have a coach , he 'd shaped his own board . |
| 21 | He did n't have a country , so how could he understand what Denis felt for Ireland ? |
| 22 | You see , but he did n't have a Federation of Buil , Master Builders , but whether , I mean this chap must have quite a few , he did n't say it , but |
| 23 | Okay , so he did n't have a wife of his own — but of the wives of the men he knew , Elsa Lawrence was the first in line . |
| 24 | Chairman John Silk also stood down , with successor Trevor Summers saying : ‘ If Bobby Gould is honest he knew he had to win something this season because he did n't have a hope of staying if he did n't . ’ |
| 25 | CROATIA 'S Goran Ivanisevic , winner of last week 's Stockholm Open , destroyed Frenchman Cedric Pioline 6–4 , 7–5 to reach the Paris Open last 16 yesterday and said : ‘ I was serving so good , he did n't have a chance . ’ |
| 26 | If he could n't see the guy shooting at him , he did n't have a chance . |
| 27 | I was just trying to get past some people in front of me and I stepped off the pavement and the driver — he did n't have a chance . |
| 28 | She might have been released by someone who does n't like seeing birds in cages , or by the breeder — perhaps he did n't have a licence to keep her and somebody reported him . |
| 29 | Jessica announced she felt pissed and would have to go onto lemonade or leave the car outside the Amsterdam all night — which raised guffaws as to what she thought she 'd find left of it the morrow — and Mallachy offered to drive it home for her for twenty quid plus his taxi back , although he did n't have a licence . |
| 30 | If he looked behind him ( he did n't have a mirror ) , all he 'd see would be a black cab . |