Example sentences of "[verb] n't [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | So why has n't such behaviour been recorded before ? |
2 | When that goes , he has n't great reserves of fitness with which to compensate . |
3 | Has n't that campaign been going for |
4 | Look , Pickles , he has n't two beans to rub together . |
5 | He has n't got any he 's got no erm he has n't hairy legs . |
6 | She really has n't much choice , there 's the glorified schoolmarm ; there 's the brave little woman who tries to be a good wife and housewife , and I daresay mother , as well , and makes a point of her pretty clothes ; and there 's the bluestocking , the eccentric and frump , the mathematic 's dean who does n't know which side her tea-cup is chipped . |
7 | The front bit has n't much blood in it , but the two side bits when they fill up with blood and they start to stretch , it 's like blowing up a balloon . |
8 | Jean has n't much time — and I think I might do it quite well . ’ |
9 | ‘ After all , Master Taplow has n't much time left , he 's to die at two this afternoon . |
10 | The ‘ I ’ describing conversations he has n't direct access to , which he was n't present at , which he may not even have been told about and so may be inventing , is the ‘ character ’ Dostoevsky has turned himself into for the purpose of narrating the provincial chronicle . |
11 | ‘ Has n't this door been locked ever since I put that coat up ? ’ |
12 | Mr Enright asked : ‘ If a principal duty of government is the prevention of crime , has n't this government failed spectacularly and should n't the Prime Minister immediately announce he will set up a Royal Commission to make urgent proposals to prevent this ? |
13 | For has n't this war been of immense gain to Bush and Major ? |
14 | She has n't three lights on tonight . |
15 | She has n't mistaken cans of cat food for other cans , either . |
16 | It has n't any mark but it looks good . " |
17 | ‘ She rings up and complains to James that she has n't any money and she wants this and she wants that . |
18 | He has n't any money . ’ |
19 | And naturally Elise has n't any money to pay her own way , Leith thought , but , since she did n't want to part bad friends with her mother , she managed to hold back . |
20 | dirty , only bottoms , Paula he has n't any jackets |
21 | She has n't any friends , except one who is bad for her , and she wo n't mix with other young people . |
22 | ‘ He has n't any right to interfere ! ’ said Melissa angrily . |
23 | Lennie knows he has n't any time to play with if Boro are to stay in the big time . |
24 | Sometimes a clean break just wo n't work , where , for instance , there is n't any capital sum available for you to pay your wife and she has n't any job prospects ; then you may be saddled with having to fork out ‘ periodic payments ’ — the English term for alimony . |
25 | And he has n't any children . |
26 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
27 | If she wants to fight on she 'll have to pay and she says she has n't enough money . |
28 | Unfortunately your two attacks have left Samson very tired and he has n't enough energy to move . |
29 | They 've not looked has n't British industry because of the attacks it 's been under on what Europe has to offer in terms of better training , better health and safety etcetera and we need to bring that information to them . |
30 | But it certainly has n't determined policy in any way , because what we 've said is that provided we 're satisfied that there is n't profiteering going on by the oil companies , and our Office of Fair Trading have told us that there is n't , then it is right that , that we should pay the right price for our petrol , and that is what it costs at any one time . |