Example sentences of "[conj] i ca [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got a first class degree at the end of it all , so I ca n't have done so badly ! |
| 2 | Margaret Drabble 's novels were a success from the start ( this one was published in 1964 ) , so I ca n't have been the only new mother to feel she was speaking for me . |
| 3 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 4 | Yeah , and I ca n't have the casserole . |
| 5 | Well I want , I wan na wear my and I ca n't have it till my birthday . |
| 6 | Dog 's gon na have a packet of biscuits and I ca n't have a Pick and Pix . |
| 7 | I come on the bike and I ca n't have it . |
| 8 | I feel deprived if I ca n't have the same as everyone else ; |
| 9 | A time will come when you will know that she is no longer saying to herself , ‘ If I ca n't have him , I do n't want anything ’ . |
| 10 | Her attitude was : ‘ If I ca n't have him no one else can . ’ |
| 11 | " If I ca n't have you , " she said aloud , for she often conversed with Timothy in that one sided manner , " then I wo n't have anyone . |
| 12 | " I will love Topaz as long as my life lasts and , if I ca n't have her , I wo n't marry at all . |
| 13 | If I ca n't have her , he thought , I 'm damned if he shall , either . |
| 14 | And if I ca n't have happiness , I want pleasure , even if it 's wrong . ’ |
| 15 | Well , if I ca n't have Heathcliff as my friend , if Edgar is going to be mean and jealous , I 'll try to break both their hearts by breaking my own . |
| 16 | So if I ca n't have you here , if you 're determined to leave Venice , then I 'm coming with you . |
| 17 | ‘ Now you listen to me — if I ca n't have a chalet I must have a room where I can talk to Silas privately . |
| 18 | If I ca n't have a band , I wo n't go . |
| 19 | Well if I ca n't have a bit of this chocolate , I 'm going home . |
| 20 | Er apparently they phone her up or summat and ask her if she 'll go and stand in for other people and she turned round and says if I ca n't have this school I 'm not doing any . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I 'm sure I put it in my apron pocket , but I ca n't have done . |
| 22 | But I ca n't have heard right . |
| 23 | You seem like a respectable sort of a lady , really , but I ca n't have people laughing like that and screaming and abusing in my pub . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't show yet , at any rate , ’ she said , ‘ but I ca n't have the likes of you here with a brat . |
| 25 | Yeah , but I ca n't have much . |
| 26 | It was marvellous when he rang , but since I ca n't have him ringing here again , I told him , in a moment of my feelings getting the better of me , that if he does have any message for me he could contact you , and you 'd pass it on . |
| 27 | I 've had another word with Personnel and they say that even though I ca n't have any more full-timers , I can have a part-timer to help me with making the sandwiches in the morning and clearing up last thing at night . |