Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John remembers he has not eaten for twenty-four hours . |
| 2 | Now of that hundred and twenty five thousand revenue spending which would be coming out of County Council to match what is likely to happen in the five B programme , most of that , most of that is on economic development activities , now the kind of way we can find that money without going to the authorities and asking for growth funding , because this Committee has not asked for any and that is not common in all the committees in the Council , is actually by finding it out of things like our monies , and other projects , actually funding it yourself as a Committee , funding the ability to draw in European money into Shropshire . |
| 3 | ‘ He has not asked for any help from us . |
| 4 | It is on its way out , but it has not gone for good — yet . |
| 5 | He will , however , not make up his mind whether to fly out Sam Torrance 's father , who he has not seen for six months , until after today 's final round in New Orleans , where he is also the defending champion . |
| 6 | GORDON Turner has launched a search for the pal he has not seen for forty years . |
| 7 | Holden 's story contains no suspense , while Lucy 's grips the reader totally ; for example she ‘ forgets ’ to inform the reader for six chapters that ‘ Dr. John ’ is in fact her cousin whom she has not seen for ten years ! |
| 8 | It is hitting even my constituency in a way it has not done for many years . |
| 9 | ‘ The English way has not altered for 30 years , ’ he says . |
| 10 | In the 16 years in which we have had our part of the legislation , we have applied for only 31 people to be tried in the Republic , of whom only 16 were convicted and the Irish Republic has not applied for any such cases at all . |
| 11 | Although the office of Keeper of the Registers and Records has not existed for twenty-seven years we still receive mail in the Register House addressed to that official , as well as mail addressed to the wrong Keeper . |
| 12 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 13 | That seems likely to be primarily down to Germany because the UK was flat on its back a year ago and Italy has not bubbled for some time , while the French recession is only now gathering pace . |
| 14 | Aycock has not shown for some years and so fans of her precisely-crafted contraptions have a great treat in store when her show opens at John Weber on 13 February . |
| 15 | Partly because of such difficulties the development of meaningful and quantifiable output measures has not occurred for many areas of departmental activity . |
| 16 | She has not worked for nine and a half years , since she gave up a clerical post in accounts with a large company to have her first child . |
| 17 | It has not allowed for public discussion or exchanges in which people can ask questions and receive answers from those who undertook the research . |
| 18 | ‘ He has n't exercised for five years and has no muscle tone left but now he is able to exercise in the gym . |
| 19 | Wolves goal machine , Steve Bull has n't scored for 9 games now . |
| 20 | Letting someone who is hungry and overweight , and who has n't eaten for six hours , loose in a supermarket should be a criminal offence ! |
| 21 | Centre Andy Luke also returns , while Paul Rodgers is preferred at hooker to Mike Fenwick , who has n't played for several weeks . |
| 22 | Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time . |
| 23 | As an acquaintance put it , ‘ Richard would apply only if the university did something it has n't done for 500 hundred years — say it 's sorry . ’ |
| 24 | What makes this year so outstanding is that your ruling planet , Pluto , makes a 90-degree angle to Saturn — something that has n't happened for 20 years . |
| 25 | ‘ She has n't worked for seven years , ’ I said |
| 26 | In the wake of your SHOCK HEADED PETERS piece , I think you should know that Karl Blake has n't worked for British Rail for the past year and a half and is currently an art student in Sheffield . |
| 27 | Look at this kid : eighteen years old , three in the morning , has n't slept for two nights . |
| 28 | Or : ‘ Jane Ryle says she has n't slept for three nights . ’ |
| 29 | A water mill that has n't changed for one hundred and fifty years is up for sale as a unique country home . |
| 30 | Has n't changed for sixty million years . |