Example sentences of "could n't have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't have a discussion |
| 2 | She could n't have er she could n't have a feather pillow . |
| 3 | I could n't have a quarter of it . |
| 4 | Could n't have a mortgage . |
| 5 | When it was being drawn up ‘ we agreed we could n't have a cash limit and we never said there would be a cash limit ’ . |
| 6 | Oh so he could n't have a smoke ? |
| 7 | The house was identified and purchased , and I do n't see any reason why we could n't have a stay of two or three days or a week to get time to move things properly . ’ |
| 8 | I mean you could n't have a meeting with the whole Catholic Church for example to decide on doctrine . |
| 9 | I like to think I am broad-minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave ! |
| 10 | When they said he could n't have a parrot he 'd said ‘ Well , mice , then , white ones , ’ but his Dad had said he could n't have them either . |
| 11 | They could n't have a season without him , but quite definitely they could n't have one without Busacher either . |
| 12 | Having done a railway trip together to the West Somerset Railway to celebrate our Silver Wedding anniversary , at a time when we could n't have a party , my wife and I recently held a belated one at the Gwili Railway , ably assisted by family , friends and some members of the BCRS committee . |