Example sentences of "[is] that [pron] have n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What Clarissa means is that we have n't — mercifully — heard you for ages . ’ |
| 2 | When it comes to other sensory systems , much of the problem is that we have n't the sort of clear ideas about how they might work that we have about the visual system . |
| 3 | ‘ I think the problem with new guitars is that they have n't lived , ’ ponders Alex suddenly . |
| 4 | One of England 's big problems recently is that they have n't put opposing teams under pressure for any length of time , so all their attacking has been spasmodic . |
| 5 | They are yet to be involved in the testing process : ‘ My real concern for my children is that they have n't gone through the tests for 14-year-olds yet , ’ he says . |
| 6 | ‘ My difficulty is that I have n't spent 40 years as an umpire or whatever , and there is a tension between people like that and those like me . |
| 7 | I 'm anti clique and what I want to do is open every opportunity and every door , my hesitation in talking to you , is that I have n't figured out how to open all the doors . ’ |
| 8 | She carried her sandwich over to join him , saying : ‘ My excuse for being down here is that I have n't a moment to spare . |
| 9 | ‘ The reason the police have n't come to question you is that I have n't told them about my suspicions . ’ |
| 10 | The only thing that I 've just thought about actually is window wh in the me on the measurement side rather than anything else is that I have n't Because we 've just had those windows replaced , I have n't finished decorating around the top . |
| 11 | Well I you 'll forgive me the disadvantage , I 'm not trying to cop out , but the disadvantage of not having been immediately involved is that I have n't seen that quotation from Michael . |
| 12 | The only reason that I 'm enjoying Neighbours again at the moment is that I have n't seen it for month and I 'm trying to work out which characters have changed , which characters are getting married to which other ones . |
| 13 | The other thing erm is that I have n't got any leave . |
| 14 | ‘ The trouble with you , ’ Doone said with disillusion , looking at the column of negatives , ‘ is that you have n't met enough murderers . ’ |
| 15 | The other thing of course is that you have n't got any choice anyway , because the yen to have children is about as basic as the yen to have sex . |
| 16 | The problem with keeping the original ( e.g. as a photocopy , with sections highlighted ) is that you have n't really done anything with it yet : you have n't assimilated it or made it your own , in the sense of fitting it with ( and so allowing it to affect ) your existing thoughts and knowledge . |
| 17 | ‘ The trouble , Kenny , ’ he told him , ‘ is that you have n't got a play . ’ |