Example sentences of "[is] that [pers pn] have n't " in BNC.

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1 Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the
2 If Armstrong has a disadvantage , then it 's that he has n't got a passenger seat .
3 ‘ What Clarissa means is that we have n't — mercifully — heard you for ages . ’
4 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 .
5 ‘ I think the problem with new guitars is that they have n't lived , ’ ponders Alex suddenly .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 ‘ My guess is that she had n't come to terms with the situation herself , ’ she said .
9 Her first crime is that she has n't clocked into an office for 16 years .
10 ‘ 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 .
11 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 . ’
12 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 .
13 ‘ The reason the police have n't come to question you is that I have n't told them about my suspicions . ’
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 The other thing erm is that I have n't got any leave .
18 ‘ The trouble with you , ’ Doone said with disillusion , looking at the column of negatives , ‘ is that you have n't met enough murderers . ’
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ‘ The trouble , Kenny , ’ he told him , ‘ is that you have n't got a play . ’
22 But Sir David said yesterday : ‘ We 've always had doubts about this policy , and the thing that now confirms our doubts is that it has n't worked . ’
23 Mair said calmly : The answer is that it has n't ; the publicity was premature .
24 My main worry is that he has n't brought interest rates down far enough .
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