Example sentences of "we have the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm people do n't generally mind that we ca n't have people making things up , guessing because then we 'd the reputation of the Trust . |
| 2 | May we have the bill ? |
| 3 | Could we have the bill please ? |
| 4 | She had waited until this sympathetic-looking man , elderly , fatherly , was free and now she pleaded , " Can we have the gas on now , please , it is so cold … no hot water … it 's awful … " |
| 5 | In this period alone — the period of normality — do we have the chance to assess her abilities , or lack of them , as queen . |
| 6 | So shall we have the wardrobe over there ? |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Bruce , ‘ do we have the toast first ? ’ |
| 8 | It 's a terraced house and er , it 's double storey , two floors up and er , it was well-used at that time because the reason was one er , there was n't much accommodation available and secondly it is the custom amongst our people that who 's ever er is in need we have the person , like the two of us came from India , my brother and myself , so we di could n't get a job . |
| 9 | Not only do we have the problem of the exercise tactical scenario , but also there are real dangers . |
| 10 | Erm , can we have the Clerk 's report ? |
| 11 | Can we have the secretary 's report . |
| 12 | Davidson emphasises above his own role in Provincial 's response a team effort , not only in the sense that he had to delegate a great deal in such a multi-faceted role — although ‘ logically planning goes together with finance and not only did we have the capacity to take on overseas but control of subsidiaries fits too ’ — to his deputies , and , but that the whole company was involved . |
| 13 | And I 'm not just quite finished because I was gon na put a wee P S in , why do n't we have the assembly at the S E C C ? |
| 14 | So not only do we have the challenge every three years to ensure that our members renew check-off but we will have in all probability through a similar process on an annual basis . |
| 15 | At that time , of course , unemployment was not the major issue it is today , neither did we have the burden of AIDS , but I still maintain that the most important changes we can make are the ones inside our own heads . |
| 16 | So what ca n't we have the heating on then ? |
| 17 | Science has given us the technology , but do we have the right to use it ? |
| 18 | Can we have the box file , if you could bring that in ? |
| 19 | Can we have the County Council 's response to that ? |
| 20 | May we have the courage to respond when we sense that He is speaking to us . |
| 21 | At this breaking of day and at this dawning of a new year may we have the courage to put our hands into the hand of God . |
| 22 | Should n't we have the courage to embrace that power ? ’ |
| 23 | Should n't we have the courage to say ‘ This is not a terribly good idea ? ’ |
| 24 | Could we have the truth of it ? |
| 25 | The couturiers and mannequins of the fashion world breathed a perfumed sigh of relief as the thin wisps of white smoke finally emerged from the muscular chimneys of the plush Legover Square headquarters of publishers Condé Nast [ Can we have the article now please — Ed . ] |
| 26 | Nevertheless , we do not have the basis for studies in the English used in most English-speaking countries nor do we have the basis for comparative studies . |
| 27 | Is this team to play in Europe ? … in which case can we have the Frog ? ( te he he ! ) |
| 28 | Can we have the wine ? |
| 29 | ‘ Could we have the roof back on ? |
| 30 | Not only do we have the situation in the UK where partial-hearing units ( PHUs — integrated settings ) are using Total Communication ( e.g. Hegarty , Pocklington and Lucas , 1982 ) , but young deaf people do not see the use of BSL as a function of their contact or lack of contact with hearing people . |