Example sentences of "[noun] did [adv] have " in BNC.

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1 The message of de Gaulle the politician was that national renewal did not have to succeed national disaster ; it could be achieved through a reform in the organization of the French state .
2 And Labour did not have a monopoly of CND-leaning members or policies .
3 Big Flame did n't have permanent leaders , but it did have superstars .
4 Piers did not have meat , but only cheese , loaves of beans and bran and various vegetables , and it was on these that he would have to live until Lammas and the new harvest .
5 Nevertheless , petition-drawers did not have a particularly good reputation among Sinhalese .
6 For example , 127 out of 196 schools did not have a single English textbook in grade one and 80 per cent had no maths books .
7 While many schools did not have a full complement of teachers , the Ministry was unable to create new posts for lack of funds .
8 It is not clear whether some schools did not have the instruments available as requested or whether pupils decided not to use them .
9 Well thank you Chairman , I have to go back to last Wednesday afternoon , when I had a telephone call from a reporter from the Eastern Daily Press asking me to make a statement on the press release by Suffolk County Council stating that the Bungay bypass has been abandoned well Chairman I have to say that I was somewhat erm put out , because I did I disappoint I think because they , the Highway Department did n't have the courtesy to inform me first , and you can well imagine how I felt er having received this news .
10 One journalist asked him about " The Love Life of J. Alfred Prufrock " and he replied gravely , " I 'm afraid that J. Alfred Prufrock did n't have much of a love life " .
11 47% of families asking for help from the Family Welfare Association did not have enough money left to feed themselves .
12 As for ideology , it is quite clear from this account that Odilon Redon did not have one as such ( his connections with the anarchists of the period being tangential at most ) .
13 Our study did not have these important advantages .
14 held that no award would be made as defender did not have means and resources to make the payment as there was not a contract of insurance in his favour .
15 After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing .
16 Dot did n't have a milk-mug but the teacher lent her one .
17 Dot did still have the garden with her .
18 Customers and journalists did n't have to take the company 's word for it .
19 Afghanistan did not have a comparable legal obligation to third states predetermining its conduct in peacetime or war .
20 cars did not have overhead gear .
21 As there were lights on the backs of these boxes , the cars did not have stairhead lamps .
22 The islanders did n't have money then , and as they did n't have money they did n't know what ‘ poor ’ meant .
23 well at least Hereford fans did n't have to watch their team beaten on Saturday … which is more than can be said for Gloucester folk … it was a long way home from sale after losing seventeen to nineteen
24 ‘ Besides , the fans did n't have to run on to the pitch .
25 But Zambia was n't , and Tammuz did n't have hir knack for communication .
26 In each case it had in effect been ruled that Gen Robertson 's order of 14 May would apply , and that 5 Corps could continue with arrangements already entered into hand over both Cossacks and Yugoslavs but only in each case , so lob as force did not have to be used .
27 Danielle was all smiles in the arms of her beloved nanny and much to my distress did not have the good grace to shed a single tear as I walked out of the door and out of her life … for a whole day .
28 Jeff did n't have a chance to answer .
29 Mr Georgiadis said much of Mr Makallah 's evidence to the inquest had been lies — particularly details on three important issues : Mr Makallah claimed he could not drive , yet other witnesses claimed to have been driven by him ; he denied telling a camp site proprietor that Miss Ward was definitely not killed by wild animals ; and he covered up how he knew her jeep did not have four-wheel drive .
30 A majority of the United Kingdom workforce decided against strike action and the mood of the Glasgow workers was so clear yesterday that a vote did not have to be taken .
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