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 .
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