Example sentences of "[vb past] [modal v] i [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I went to in oh about twelve months after that or less say , and er she wanted a man there , I went down there and asked could I have a job back you know . |
| 2 | One went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the man shot him died . |
| 3 | But erm , the next one went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the the man hit him over the with the head with a baseball bat and he died . |
| 4 | They give you something for that cos I m the B B C asked me once to , they knocked the door and said would I make a note of all the programmes for one week and just put my opinion , it was just four different , you know , |
| 5 | Then he said would I move a little bit to the right so that he could see me because the edges of the picture distort . |
| 6 | It 's it is a nationwide survey on spoken English erm there 's a somebody approached me today and said would I carry a tape around for a week and record people talking . |
| 7 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
| 8 | And he says yes , he said can I have a look ? |
| 9 | ‘ We do have some strange requests one man came in and said can I have a Veronica Lake wig ! ’ laughed part-time assistant May Orritt . |
| 10 | And I , I said can I have a ride ? |
| 11 | He said can I have a word with her ? |
| 12 | Got up this morning she said can I have a pie ? |
| 13 | He 's , he 's already come in for one form put it , he 's obviously filled one form in , he came up and he said can I have an application form for that job in the window , so I gave him one and he went , oh well I 've just filled one in . |
| 14 | Oh Richard , James , James said can I have the hairbrush out . |
| 15 | So I said to er your mum one night oh I said can I have the stool back ? |
| 16 | Neil said can I write the article and I said no fuck off . |