Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] have [pos pn] cake " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't have your cake and eat it . |
| 2 | You ca n't have your cake |
| 3 | You ca n't have your cake and eat it . |
| 4 | Now , if you 're charged with managing anything , you have to make decisions and when you have to make a decision , you ca n't have your cake and eat it . |
| 5 | If , however , you get elected and you then have to carry out your policies , then of course you face the real world and the you ca n't have your cake and eat it problem . |
| 6 | You ca n't have your cake and eat it . |
| 7 | The trouble with Oxford , as Bernard Shaw has written , is that it is the only place where you can both have your cake and eat it . |
| 8 | We ca n't have our cake and eat it . ’ |