Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] n't have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Come where I do n't have to shout at you . ’ |
| 2 | Although I had n't had as many fish as the bait fishers I was very pleased with the success and the quality and also with being afloat at sea in such idyllic circumstances . |
| 3 | ‘ My dearest David — although I do n't have the faintest idea why I should still call you this after what you told me last night — I 've had a long think . |
| 4 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 5 | ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records . |
| 6 | I filled in the form with this request instead of a claim for money , although I did n't have much hope that anything would happen . |
| 7 | I had my problem hamstring and knew that I had n't had the necessary training to run a 200 metres after a 100 and a relay . |
| 8 | There were two large lumps that I had n't had before , but at least the skull did n't seem to be broken . |
| 9 | At this moment , at this precise moment , a feeling came over me that I had n't had for nearly a month . |
| 10 | I slumped to my knees , burdened by the hopeless regret that I had n't had the chance to do this just a bit sooner . |
| 11 | But it struck me that I had n't had time to do this for ages . |
| 12 | their high tea , were n't bothered about high tea , but still , er then , they 'd have , they might have a supper because she ai n't been a work , their elderly , they perhaps have a good tea , the they , they went to bed at nine and they said if I was reading something , they said , you know turn the gas out when you come up and , there you are well you can see , if one landlady gave me egg for me lunch that I had n't had , they not , they were n't gon na feed you up at supper time were they ? |
| 13 | I have this urge to snow you my childhood stamp collection , just that I do n't have one . |
| 14 | I play so much cricket and hockey that I do n't have too much spare time between my studies at university . |
| 15 | We 're lucky that I do n't have a plastic bubble encasing me , the weather was tested all night , I think . |
| 16 | It 's just that I do n't have the same taste as she does and she always wants me to have what she wants . |
| 17 | I forgot the departmental meeting and I bawled out the wrong kid yesterday , there 's a stack of mail that I have n't even opened in my pigeon-hole , my marking is getting pretty cursory , and I have decided regretfully that I do n't have the energy to organize the third-year science field trip this year , nor the time to prepare properly for my A-level group . |
| 18 | ‘ I just do n't think you should have told them that I do n't have any confidence with women . ’ |
| 19 | I really must design a multi-signal-scrambling-decoder for trapping these essential little fly buggers — except that I do n't have the technical knowledge and I 'd certainly burst at least one ear drum trying to fit it in ! |
| 20 | The most amusing part of all this is that I do n't have a lover . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It 's just … it 's just … that I do n't have many friends and I do feel sort of isolated , I s'pose — ’ I pulled up short , I was trespassing on forbidden ground , getting close to revealing more than I should . |
| 22 | ‘ More than that I do n't have to tell you . |
| 23 | Being so disorganised that I do n't have time when friends need me . |
| 24 | Is that alright , cos then you 've gone away with any ideas you 've got from now which is probably none , er and then it also means that I do n't have to spend next week worrying in case we get to Friday and Thursday and you 're still not sure what you 're doing . |
| 25 | Have you persuaded my family that I do n't have two heads and a forked tail ? ’ she cried , trying to joke . |
| 26 | ‘ But since it 's obvious that I do n't have a bloody army at my back you can take me directly to the Countess , or the Sheriff of Gloucester , if he 's here . ’ |
| 27 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 28 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 29 | Not that I do n't have the most intense professional fellow-feeling for Summerchild . |
| 30 | No if it 's the one thing I know that I do n't have to concern myself with as far as financial services is |