Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [not/n't] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Mob of Netters may have a Boss armed with a club , they may not have a Boss armed with a net . |
| 2 | They may not have a reason to prefer one way of going about things to another , but the fact that they chose to do it in a particular way gives them a reason to prefer that way from now on . |
| 3 | ‘ If they do n't meet the standards which the Government set they should n't have a licence , ’ he said . |
| 4 | They should n't have a team like that in Britain , acting so openly . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'd been told that they might not have a lot of clothes , but they arrived with these huge suitcases , ’ Michelle recalls . |
| 6 | They might n't have a pound between them but he knew it would be paid . |
| 7 | They could n't have a season without him , but quite definitely they could n't have one without Busacher either . |
| 8 | Few people would ever own a home if they could not have a mortgage . |
| 9 | The difference between our position and that of the Labour party is that people accept that we would be prepared to use nuclear weapons and know that Labour Members would not be , so they would not have a deterrent . |
| 10 | Worry not , Bob , they would n't have a leg to stand on … |
| 11 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 12 | how many people have walked out because they they ca n't have a drink . |
| 13 | And because the oil is coming to the ditch via her land they ca n't have a go at the primary source . |
| 14 | now that is wrong because nobody should be committed so much to the hilt that they ca n't have a family |
| 15 | There is no point in complaining ; they may try to mollify you in their irritatingly good English , but they will not have a clue what you are so anxious about . |
| 16 | Some accountants are reluctant to take unpaid leave because they fear they will not have a job to come back to if , as seems to many likely , there is another wave of redundancies . |
| 17 | ‘ They 'll only have the sand buckets , they wo n't have a water supply . |
| 18 | ‘ Now I believe what the countrywomen say about peacocks — they wo n't have a feather in the house — the Evil Eye they say it brings . ’ |
| 19 | Oh no , they wo n't have a tape recorder will they ? |