Example sentences of "i [vb base] [not/n't] have [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I do not have five roubles , therefore I can not go to the loo .
2 I do not have half-a-billion dollars in assets .
3 That would take capital , and I do not have much money .
4 ‘ I 'll handle this , ’ said Dad ‘ Look Amy , you mother and I do not have much money .
5 I am not a taxi driver and I do not have seven Cure albums .
6 I do so with considerable trepidation since , as an author , I am a beneficiary of the book trade 's success and , moreover , despite my happy experiences of the trade and publishing in general , I do not have in-depth knowledge of the publishing business .
7 I do not have any children . ’
8 Do not say , ‘ I do not have any weaknesses at all ’ , as this will be patently untrue .
9 As one of the ‘ older ’ helpers it was a little like going back to school as my two ‘ children ’ are now 28 and 25 and I do not have any grandchildren so holding babies of 18 months upwards and playing with youngsters was quite a change .
10 ‘ Being deputy leader I do not have any complex security arr-ange-ments .
11 ‘ My darling Constanza , ’ he said , ‘ I do not have any money .
12 As I do not have any record of Richard Bean being a shareholder in Cotswold Steam Preservations , he would not be expected to know the background to 2807 's history since being rescued by our society in 1980 .
13 I do not have any record of an acknowledgement so I would be grateful if you could confirm that they have all been safely received .
14 I do not have any comment to make on that ship at the moment , but the hon. Gentleman will have heard what I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth ( Mr. Trotter ) about the aviation support ship , for which Swan 's is obviously one of the real contenders .
15 Let me make it crystal clear — I have done it before and I do not mind doing it again — that I do not have any fundamental or irrevocable objections to timetable motions .
16 The fact is I do n't have many dealings with people of Mr Hatton 's … ’
17 ‘ It 's just … it 's just … that I do n't have many friends and I do feel sort of isolated , I s'pose — ’ I pulled up short , I was trespassing on forbidden ground , getting close to revealing more than I should .
18 I do n't have many pockets of enjoyment , so it 's nice .
19 erm at lunchtime I do n't have many children at school holidays because apart from one of them , all of them have one or both parents who are teachers
20 ‘ But I do n't have general conversation with them . ’
21 But sometimes I do n't have one or
22 I do n't have one of those , ’ I say .
23 ‘ There 's nothing certain and I do n't have all the bits so I ca n't promise , ’ he said .
24 I do n't have all the details , but apparently he argued with a chap this morning about his bill and went along to his room later .
25 But I do n't have all the answers .
26 I do n't have all that much spending money for this holiday , ’ she explained , seeing a flicker of surprised cynicism in Guy Sterne 's eyes , and flushing a little .
27 I do n't have that great an affection for this place but at least it 's a world I know . ’
28 ‘ No , I do n't have that view of the world .
29 From the air I do n't have that problem but , curiously , when I 've been shooting on the ground in China I 've relished the people everywhere .
30 I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm .
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