Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Republic was not strong , it did not have a middle class to support and stabilise it . |
| 32 | But it 's a pity she did not have a better showcase for her talents . |
| 33 | Marx , although he did not have a great deal to say about the movement of individuals between classes , did on several occasions note the possible effects of such movement . |
| 34 | Laura was greatly amused by Hockney but the pair did not have a great deal to say to one another . |
| 35 | Pest Control Division did not have a great start to 1991 . |
| 36 | But Rolle not only did not have a spiritual director , he had absolutely no intention of getting one . |
| 37 | Hess did not have a normal christening for Wolf Rudiger , the Fuhrer does not think them good enough for Nazis . |
| 38 | Jean-Claude may have had artistic integrity on his side but he did not have a legal leg to stand on . |
| 39 | Therefore at least 9%120 ( 8% ) patients known to carry the FAP gene did not have a symptomatic bowel cancer after the age of 50 years . |
| 40 | Those with a recent interest in politics , who found the election interesting but did not have a general interest in politics at other times , gave PEBs high ratings for usefulness on leaders , issues , and voting choice . |
| 41 | Church funds also came to be used in special cases to buy the emancipation of Christian slaves , but the church did not have a general programme for the abolition of slavery . |
| 42 | We did not have a definite identification until late yesterday afternoon , in any case . ’ |
| 43 | Though popular with his contemporaries , and a fine sportsman , gaining a tennis half-blue at Cambridge , Horne did not have a spectacular academic career and was sent down in December 1927 . |
| 44 | The first soldiers who arrived in Ulster in 1969 were poorly equipped and prepared — their steel hats did not have a protective visor , their heavy fatigues were |
| 45 | ‘ The Pru did not have a budgetary system before I joined , the accountants produced some numbers every year but they were not comprehensive or in any sense management information . |
| 46 | The Pru did not have a budgetary system before I joined . |
| 47 | Beckford was as impatient as Vathek to complete his building , but did not have a magical assistant ; the tower twice collapsed , for the last time in 1825 , and Beckford 's contractor confessed upon his death-bed that he had not provided it with foundations , although they had been specified and paid for . |
| 48 | The court found that as practice by the defendant as a consultant could not injure the plaintiffs ' professional business , the clause was too wide in that it sought to encompass activities in which the plaintiffs did not have a legitimate interest . |
| 49 | The US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , said in Geneva that the major powers had agreed on negotiations , but it seemed that Mr Christopher did not have a cast-iron Palestinian commitment on new talks . |
| 50 | For example , 127 out of 196 schools did not have a single English textbook in grade one and 80 per cent had no maths books . |
| 51 | Philip Leapor did not have a captive market . |
| 52 | D.G. Rossetti did not have a Christian conscience , but he was not immune from a sense of guilt about the long deferment of his marriage to his model and mistress , Lizzy Siddal . |
| 53 | Afghanistan did not have a comparable legal obligation to third states predetermining its conduct in peacetime or war . |
| 54 | All the same Salah Muhammad did not have a clear run . |
| 55 | In their struggle for power , the ‘ democrats ’ did not have a clear economic programme apart from vague promises to change to a more effective market economy . |
| 56 | If I did not have a little bit in the bank I would not be able to pay for it all . |
| 57 | This division , which quite unintentionally put the uncharted territory of Brazil into the Portuguese section , encouraged the Spanish and Portuguese to believe that they had a right , backed by a religious authority recognized by every country in western Europe , to all land that did not have a settled and effective government , and that they were entitled to monopolize the trade of these new territories . |
| 58 | Until they moved to Coniston in 1801 she did not have a settled home , spending much of her time visiting friends in London , Shirley , and Bath . |
| 59 | Modigliani did not have a formal contract with his dealer . |
| 60 | In the first place , half of the non-union green-field site companies did not have a formal system whereby management informed or consulted with their employees . |