Example sentences of "you do [not/n't] have " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But if ye do not have self-control , let ye marry , for it is better to marry than to burn . ’ ’
2 Right in that case its probably a better idea if we go out after the exams , if you want , I mean , do n't you do n't have
3 Well that 's the best thing , yo you should n't er you do n't have to be aware .
4 Indeed , I would not desire you if you did not have a mind and a spirit .
5 On a day-to-day level , you may find yourself with responsibilities you did not have previously , such as organizing the household accounts and paying the bills .
6 ‘ I am sorry you did not have a very good meal , ’ he said , looking at my plate .
7 You did not have any influence at all over what they said .
8 You did not have to be one — but it helped .
9 ‘ You have no proof that you did not have syphilis . ’
10 Perhaps only if you did not have power : Beaton from St Andrews came to Arbroath in 1524 : the Abbey contributed to the lifestyle and wellbeing of his mistress , a fecund Miss Ogilvy , and their seven bastards .
11 You did not have to be there in person in order to kill by poison ; in fact , you probably tried not to be .
12 You did not have to rush and worry that it would have disappeared by the time you caught up with it .
13 With regard to your claim that you did not have enough information on which to base an accurate estimate , I shall copy your letter to at the Central Purchasing Unit for her advice as to how we should proceed .
14 You did not have a choice .
15 You did not have to go into partnership with the fool . ’
16 They exchanged a few banalities and then Patrick asked : ‘ You 're quite sure you did not have golf clubs in your car when you went to Romania ? ’
17 ‘ It is a piteous shame that you did not have the civility to ask my permission .
18 The station commander , who just happened to be a bit of an oppo of mine called " Bull " Jarmen — a great monster of a fellow and a Kiwi to boot — who was heard to say : " Well , it was very convenient him leaving it there ; you did not have to travel very far to collect it or find out what happened to the undercarriage . "
19 Come to think of it , you did not have to look far .
20 You did n't have to tell Claire , Annabel or me about Nanny 's cold hands ; we had suffered from them most of our lives , but what that had to do with pastry was what Father described as a ‘ female mystery ’ .
21 You did n't have to tell me that .
22 You did n't have to be a client or a famous face to be on the receiving end .
23 You did n't have to be highly professional and experienced like a personnel manager has to be today .
24 You did n't have to be an angry young man to look around the car industry over the past few weeks and despair of ever hearing any good news .
25 You did n't have to tread softly with such as he and he wondered scornfully why the fellow 's face was lard-coloured .
26 Surely you did n't have that much to say to one another ?
27 Even to get money from the bank , you did n't have to leave your car .
28 You did n't have the guts !
29 ‘ I thought you said you did n't have any friends , apart from … ’
30 You did n't have to go in for banging drums and shaking rattles to be a shaman ; you had simply to have suffered tremendously , been torn apart , come close to death .
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