Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] we [vb mod] [not/n't] have " in BNC.

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1 Well , ca n't be helped , I mean we ca n't have water coming through that , that 's down the soil pipe , ca n't have that open for ever
2 Well that 's the thing with our , I mean we ca n't have one of these erm
3 I know we ca n't have it .
4 I know we should n't have let him go , but I did n't feel we know him well enough to tell him he was too drunk to drive . ’
5 Er trading standards continue to be under pressure er we ought to agree on that er and we I I believe we may not have difficulty er in achieving the additional value of this type of almost on an annual basis if we are short of the trading standards .
6 I guess we ca n't have it all !
7 well I suppose we wo n't have enough time to prepare for teachers though .
8 in the revolution because they are such a , a large proportion er we ca n't really have them an ap apathetic you know part erm cos it 'll al alienate too many and you know we wo n't have enough support that we need .
9 I think it 's because erm a lot of the pub such as ourselves are just fed up with them we 're all as one now and we think well you know we wo n't have it in our pubs .
10 But they do not question traditional psychology 's male-identified emphasis on , for example , objectivity and success : ‘ We are both feminists … and although we have tried to be objective about the value-laden topics discussed in this book , we know we can not have succeeded entirely ’ ( 1974 : 12–13 , my emphasis ) .
11 Guilt is not a true emotion ; it is a cover-up for other feelings which we feel we should n't have .
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