Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] n't got [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now the burglar alarm 's probably the , the biggest thing , but we ca n't all afford the , I mean I have n't got one and I 'm a crime prevention officer , I mean by rights I should have one but I have n't .
2 No as I say I have n't got much to lose or anything but I think it 's a trade that is worth protecting and er you know it 's not a trade er it 's a living for the people in n it ?
3 yeah what they do now if its , if its not within sight they say we have n't got any thing
4 I said oh I hope she has n't got another bus so Sharan said I think there is two buses cos whenever I meet mum it 's always a little blue bus and this was a big orange I said well we 'll call at the shop I said and if erm not we 'll have to go home .
5 ‘ I know I have n't got any money , like Stuart . ’
6 I always feel I have n't got enough of it , so I 'm mean about giving it away . ’
7 - You find postal charges mysteriously a penny higher than you thought they were , so you buy a sheet of 1p stamps to upgrade all the old ones you have left , and then you find you have n't got any old ones left , only this big sheet of 1p stamps .
8 But er I think , people that have got so much now feel they have n't got enough .
9 ‘ I suppose he has n't got much else to do , at his time of life . ’
10 I bet she has n't got any egg cups .
11 They claim they have n't got enough .
12 that either means your very confident in what you spend , I think you have n't got enough to spend as much as you 'd liked to spend or there is no such thing as too much .
13 Think we have n't got competent doctors at police disposal ? ’
14 You see I have n't got any unus , I 've got stuff a bit like that , but I have n't got any anything like this .
15 See you have n't got any taste .
16 What I do recommend you do is er , you know , use these short answers in your , in your revision , and sort of , you know , revise on say interim district trade , and then just write a question in fifteen minutes , and you realize that you ca n't really write very much , and it 's good discipline , because once you 've made the mistake , you know , of writing , you know , two paragraphs on some aspect of it , you realize you have n't got any time to , to do anything else .
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