Example sentences of "not have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not has any one booked the for next Wednesday night ? |
| 2 | There were five informal carers who said at their first interviews they would prefer the dementia sufferer to be in an institution but who had not had that preference fulfilled a year later ( Table 5.6 : three in the action samples , two in control ; four in Ipswich , one in Newham ) . |
| 3 | And you 've not had that invitation ? |
| 4 | I 've not had that right in years , so |
| 5 | you just think oh I 've not had that for ages , I 've not had |
| 6 | I 've not had that ye that problem with that . |
| 7 | We 've not had that problem . |
| 8 | Paddy Mayne , however , had not had such good luck . |
| 9 | My other self — my Chinese self — has not had such understanding . |
| 10 | He must listen attentively to the tales of how the amateur would have broken sixty-five in a competition last Saturday if he had not had such disgusting luck on the greens . |
| 11 | Had they not had such a resource at their disposal some might have had to forego particular orders , others might have been obliged to withdraw entirely from certain markets , whilst still others would have been less willing to innovate with new products offering chances of survival or expansion . |
| 12 | He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter . |
| 13 | It cost me a deal in time and labour and money to get my castle back from them , and if we had not had such a pious garrison — all but the lame and bedridden in church ! — they would never have prised their way into the place . |
| 14 | I have not had such dreams since I was a boy . ’ |
| 15 | It is said that MPs have not had many letters about the case , in which three businessmen nearly went to jail for doing what the Government had encouraged them to do . |
| 16 | Of course , she reminded herself sternly , that was just proof that she had not had many sensual encounters . |
| 17 | But er , of course , he 's doing well obviously , but he 's not had many up till now . |
| 18 | Chapman , a Yorkshireman , had not had much success as a player , but he shone as a manager , first with Huddersfield and then with Arsenal , where he had a salary of £2,000 a year and wrote a column for the Sunday Express into the bargain . |
| 19 | Some disagree with this line of thinking — notably Ichiro Ozawa , the secretary-general of Japan 's ruling party , who has been arguing for Japanese soldiers to be sent to the Gulf in a non-combat role — but they have not had much luck making their case . |
| 20 | He had not had much hope that they would rent the garage to a teenager , since teenagers were regarded generally as being as reliable as something out of the zoo . |
| 21 | Almost no one notices the significance of 25 March ; the high style of the eagle 's song has not had much appeal ; though Tolkien himself wept over the grandeur of the Field of Cormallen ( Letters , p. 321 ) , many other readers have found the delight , tears and laughter ( of Sam especially ) unconvincing . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've not had much cause , either . ’ |
| 23 | The Sipra team has been been trying to tempt System 36 users to buy its product for years , but has not had much success . |
| 24 | The Sipra team has been been trying to tempt System 36 users to buy its product for years , but has not had much success . |
| 25 | He had not had much time or energy to expend on such matters , and was quite happy to cover familiar , or at least already prepared , ground . |
| 26 | For teachers and children who have not had much experience of collaborative methods of working it would offer the opportunity to explore , as a starting point , the potential of individual activities for generating worthwhile collaboration . |
| 27 | I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach . |
| 28 | ‘ They 've not had much chance , ’ she added by way of apology for herself . |
| 29 | I have been on to-day , so I have not had much time , I have wrote to G. Titman to-night . |
| 30 | Although he himself had not had much formal education , he was literate , well read and articulate . |