Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | I feel deprived if I ca n't have the same as everyone else ; |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | Her attitude was : ‘ If I ca n't have him no one else can . ’ |
| 6 | " 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 . |
| 7 | " 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 . |
| 8 | If I ca n't have her , he thought , I 'm damned if he shall , either . |
| 9 | And if I ca n't have happiness , I want pleasure , even if it 's wrong . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | So if I ca n't have you here , if you 're determined to leave Venice , then I 'm coming with you . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | If I ca n't have a band , I wo n't go . |
| 14 | Well if I ca n't have a bit of this chocolate , I 'm going home . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |