Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] n't [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He claimed he had n't any but he jolly well had ! |
2 | I I I just wonder what the opposition would think if you decided that the criteria approach alone was not acceptable and you equally decided you had n't enough information to specify a location , where would that leave you ? |
3 | She knew she had n't any choice anyhow but to agree . |
4 | I — I somehow thought you had n't any , like me , you know . ’ |
5 | He said I have n't those for years ! |
6 | She said she had n't any but they would n't listen . |
7 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
8 | He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh . |