Example sentences of "have [not/n't] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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1 | Now they were all busily employed in setting to rights the big front saloon — a difficult task , for all its furniture was large and heavy and the carpets had not seen even a brush for years and years . |
2 | Blanche could imagine her weeping with her son over his confession but , like Marek , she was a little puzzled that Tatyana had not shown even a spark of joy at the revenge he had taken . |
3 | He had not washed merely a handkerchief either his underclothes , too , had a grey look , and so did his shirt , whose grey cuffs peeped from beneath the dirty , tattered sleeves of his morning coat . |
4 | CHERYL had not looked forward a bit to her holiday . |
5 | The wife of one prominent member of the British community in Seoul said : ‘ We would have hoped she 'd have picked something she had n't worn just a week ago . ’ |
6 | He was n't certain that Emily had n't forged ahead a stage or two . |
7 | You 're perhaps a little nervous of change you have n't got really a desire for adventure or anything too challenging . |