Example sentences of "may [pers pn] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I have a drink please ? |
| 2 | ‘ May I have a look ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ May I have a look ? ’ |
| 4 | Well erm , ha ha ha ha may I , may I have a look at it ? |
| 5 | Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please . |
| 6 | May I have a seconder , please , from the , er , audience for this . |
| 7 | Today Mrs Goreng had bestowed her usual dazzling malai smile of white teeth on the Danuese teenager who had brought her a clean cup when De Gaulle said , ‘ Mrs Goreng , may I have a word with you ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ May I have a list of the dead ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | May I have a cigarette ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ May I have a cigarette please ? ’ |
| 11 | sorry Crowston may I have a cigarette to put , place behind my left earhole then ? , thank you |
| 12 | ‘ Before we go , may I have a dekko inside the shelter . |
| 13 | May I have a show of hands , from all those in favour , please . |
| 14 | May I have a glass of water until you 've decided about the kippers ? |
| 15 | May we have a change in our procedure for questioning the Leader of the House who last week announced the business for the following week even though he apparently knows that the election is to be called for 9 April and that the business will therefore be changed ? |
| 16 | May we have a pause in the ministerial litany of self-praise and complacency to recognise the reality of the interest rate burden , the impact of stop-go , the abandonment of research and development , the neglect of training and education and the fact that , because of Government policy , the nightmare of bankruptcy and failure is faced daily by those who run small and medium-sized businesses in Wales ? |
| 17 | May we have a debate next week or as soon as possible to consider whether we should have a referendum at any stage and in what circumstances ? |
| 18 | May we have a debate on early-day motion 458 ? |
| 19 | May we have a debate on junk mail as soon as possible , to discuss a mailshot sent to many of my constituents by an organisation that is partly funded by Maxwell money which is so full of falsehoods that it would make the average time-share salesman blush ; which redefines the term ’ junk mail ’ and peddles dodgy , old-fashioned and out-of-date remedies which have been banned in most countries and which have passed their sell-by date ; and which bears the signature of an obscure Welsh politician , best known for losing his rag with Zimbabwean soldiers and for nutting people in public lavatories ? |
| 20 | May we have a statement on Sunday trading ? |
| 21 | May we have a statement about whether the Government intend to implement a European directive — it should have come into effect this weekend — by which local authorities will be informed when nuclear waste is being transported through their areas ? |
| 22 | May we have a statement next week on the working of the Crossbows Act 1987 , which was enacted after a number of serious incidents ? |
| 23 | In view of the serious incident that took place last night in Bradford , may we have a statement on the working of the Act to examine the possibility of a licensing system to curb even further the possession of such potentially highly dangerous weapons and to prevent a repetition of last night 's attack ? |