Example sentences of "just did not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | This place just did not have the necessary staff levels for my needs , as I was classed as requiring heavy care . |
| 2 | It appeared piecemeal because — despite the takings of a Saturday — they just did n't have the finance to cover that kind of operation . |
| 3 | He just did n't have the self-discipline to apply it … |
| 4 | Really it is a Cold & Eroded Crack in the Earth 's Crust ; however , Cold & Eroded Crack in the Earth 's Crust National Park just did n't have the right sound for luring Japanese yen , German marks and , should the occasion ever arise , British pounds and Zambian kwachas . |
| 5 | He just did n't have any . |
| 6 | Torquay boss Paul Compton said : ‘ This was another typical Yeovil giant-killing act and we just did n't have an answer . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I just did n't have enough today , ’ admitted rival Sampras . |
| 8 | I just did n't have the enthusiasm . |
| 9 | I think you find it with most West Indian parents … it was n't so much lack of enthusiasm , they just did n't have the time . |
| 10 | In East German they are now drowning in rubbish because they used to have a perfect recycling scheme everything was collected and recycled cos they just did n't have the materials . |
| 11 | Deep in his heart he knew he just did n't have the nerve to give up everything — his home , his family , his fortune — to return to a country he thought he loved . |
| 12 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |
| 13 | you know , and er you just did n't er you just did n't have er er y you may get a cinema once a week , or perhaps a dance once a week , but that er that wa that was the limit , you know . |
| 14 | ‘ Idiotic of me , really , but I just did n't have time to ask . ’ |
| 15 | There were never any dramatic confrontations ; they just did n't have anything to do with each other . ’ |
| 16 | Or maybe they just did n't have architects within three miles of the sea . |
| 17 | Even though objectively , he had all the strength on his side , and if he 'd only stubbornly insisted , the allies would have had to accept the fourteen points , because there was no way that they just did n't have any erm , any clout really when when finally settled in peace . |
| 18 | A Resistance group should use enemy weapons , or stuff that can take enemy ammo — and the Company just did n't have enough Russian gear then , in the early Fifties . |
| 19 | We just did n't have arms . ’ |
| 20 | as if we just did n't have the words for them . |
| 21 | He just did n't have time . |
| 22 | Yes , to be fair Jenny came in er , on Friday to talk to me about it , but I just did n't have time , I was rushing off to a meeting so I 've |
| 23 | Yeah , I , I could n't , I just did n't have time . |
| 24 | He broke off , and looked suddenly so exhausted and worn that Leith just did n't have the heart to tell him what an offensive brute his cousin had been . |
| 25 | She just did n't have Mandy 's devil-may-care charm . |
| 26 | ‘ I just did n't have any other way of stopping you guessing that I was in love with you . |
| 27 | But however I suppose it but it takes it 's like everything else but it 's a dead it really is a trade er Graham was saying to m to me when I was down in London , he says , It 's a pity mum that you could n't get work you know , I mean , you just did n't have the you know , your age and that to start work down here , he says , there 'd be plenty of work for you . |
| 28 | PUB regulars admitted today : ‘ We just did n't have the heart to burn Johnny the Guy . ’ |
| 29 | If it was n't ready , just as he liked it , there would be trouble and that was something she just did n't have time for . |
| 30 | Erm and that how that but through land reform it meant that how that you had erm credit difficulties and that how that landlords who prev previously provided the credit were no longer there and so that meant that how that erm that exasperated problems of increasing productivity and also there was a severe shortage of farm implements and animals cos they were n't redistributed , there was only the surplus that was taken away from the rich peasants and landlords , it meant that how that the , the rich peasants erm you know , got back er they sort of were a self-perpetuating elite in that how the poor peasants just did n't have the means to improving their production . |