Example sentences of "can [not/n't] [pron] have [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why ca n't we have a school , and all live here ? |
| 2 | I 'll be looking like soup , ca n't we have a change sometimes , Angharad ? ’ |
| 3 | CA N'T we have a bit of a rest from ‘ bit ? ’ |
| 4 | Why ca n't we have a referendum to stop them doing so again ? — |
| 5 | ‘ Why , why , why ca n't we have a debate on a referendum ? ’ he asked . |
| 6 | By the way , why ca n't we have a tournament or two every year up here in the North ? |
| 7 | And why ca n't we have a communion service in everyday language ? |
| 8 | ‘ Ca n't we have a vodka ? ’ asked Camille , seeing her mother wrapped in thought . |
| 9 | So what ca n't we have the heating on then ? |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't you have the decency to stand against a wall ? ’ he hissed . |
| 11 | Ca n't I have a wash and a change first , sergeant ? ’ |
| 12 | The Frenchman suggested barquettes à la Neptune , or the soupe à l'oseille , to begin with , but Xanthe looked at her father and wheedled , ‘ Ca n't I have an artichoke ? |
| 13 | Why ca n't I have an egg ? |
| 14 | So why ca n't I have the money ? |
| 15 | Ludens , addressing the doctor , said , ‘ Ca n't he have a try ? ’ |
| 16 | Ca n't he have a siesta in the evening ? |
| 17 | Yet can not I have the patience to look upon your wickedness with such a … |