Example sentences of "[conj] she did [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been interesting , and perhaps fairer , to have looked at the drama work in an authority either where no drama adviser existed or where he or she did not have the accolade of inspectorial approval . |
| 2 | She longed for a weapon , for even a hairpin , and knowing that she did not have one , she knew too that she was totally defenceless , unarmed and alone . |
| 3 | A Cambridge café owner has won an appeal against a £13,500 fine imposed last month under Food Hygiene Regulations , after the judge accepted that she did not have the money to pay it . |
| 4 | Old Mother Jacobsen knew that she did not have unlimited time to tell the story of Marie Grubbe to Elisabeth Danziger ; Elisabeth would stay for an hour and then be on her way . |
| 5 | That was one of Beatrice 's most tender passages , and it seems impossible that she did not have Modigliani in mind . |
| 6 | ‘ The first chapter was enough , ’ snapped Mrs Frizzell indignantly , glad that she did not have to explain that she did not give much time to reading . |
| 7 | She felt that she did not have enough to do . |
| 8 | It would , she felt , atone for the things she had said and mean that she did not have to talk to Julia about them . |
| 9 | She concentrated on this problem so that she did not have to imagine the people themselves . |
| 10 | Her friends plainly felt sorry for her , a little embarrassed at the fact that she did not have a husband to contribute to the conversation , nor children , nor any of the little ups and downs of family life . |
| 11 | She climbed into the front seat , grateful that she did not have to sit beside Doreen , who would be sure to take the opportunity of snuggling up to Silas . |
| 12 | The Under-Secretary of State said in her discussions with the Select Committee that she did not have any examples of evictions , yet the Association of Metropolitan Authorities told us that 24 per cent . |
| 13 | ‘ My car 's there ! ’ she exclaimed and , as it quickly sank in that she did not have to go chasing up the garage , or chasing over to somewhere near Františkovy Láznë either , she sent up a silent prayer that her luck had changed . |
| 14 | He stood over her for a moment , smiling gently , then he sat on a chair so that she did n't have to look up at him . |
| 15 | I thanked Paul 's wife for doing all the cooking , whereupon she remarked that she did n't mind because it meant that she did n't have to watch the Trek videos or play the games . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's just that she did n't have any life . ’ |
| 17 | I , I take it that she did n't have a job as well . |
| 18 | She was quite sure , though , that she did n't have the strength to do it all over again . |
| 19 | Actually , she was rather glad that she did n't have to talk … or listen to that deep voice which she found so compelling and disturbing . |
| 20 | She closed her eyes and found that she did n't have the energy to open them again . |
| 21 | My mum wrote back and said that she did n't have that kind of money . |
| 22 | One thing at a time she could have handled , but this … it was no wonder she suddenly felt that she did n't have the strength to carry on arguing . |
| 23 | I realise now that she did n't have the qualities of insight and gentleness and the warmth she would need to be the companion of a country doctor . ’ |
| 24 | Then she found that she did n't have to say a word for , his expression the harshest she had ever seen it , Ven was wasting no further time , but was letting forth with a snarled , ‘ Just who the hell are you ? ’ |
| 25 | And another thing , she did n't have to do well her mother 's erm her mother-in-law seems a bit erm bad tempered with her , like , she 's is that she did n't have to tell John , her ex-husband that there 's anything the matter like and and , and that 's when she she , all she wants to do is get him against me . |
| 26 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
| 27 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 28 | On the other hand Mrs Singh would lose all her social contacts in the local community once she did not have to take him to school every day . |
| 29 | But the first kiosk only took cards , and she did not have one and the next kiosk was broken . |
| 30 | Her picture and her silk quilt had been carried down below in the chaos of last night and she did not have the energy to seek them out . |