Example sentences of "we ca [adv] have a " in BNC.

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1 I do n't see why we ca n't have a proper meal after a do .
2 In Southend , where 3,000 of the 50,000 adult males are reckoned to be Masons , it went into the case of what you might call Preferential Allocation of Council Property , and the battle of one councillor , Christopher Hudson , to break the grip of the men on the Square : ‘ We ca n't have a secret society operating within the framework of a democracy , ’ he said .
3 We ca n't have a scandal like this made public .
4 We ca n't have a conversation in the hallway , I walk him in backwards .
5 What 's so awful about this situation is that we ca n't have a funeral .
6 But we ca n't have a situation where people are picking and choosing , because everybody 'll want to do it .
7 Well , if he lived in the north- east , er part of this county , that great ar area where there is very little in terms of infrastructure perhaps er er it 's a pity we ca n't have a few more hysterics and we would perhaps get further down the road .
8 Well we ca n't have a bad year presumably it means you do n't pay tax .
9 We ca n't have a new car an , and go to frigging Amsterdam can we !
10 We ca n't have a squeak in this room .
11 Just be very brief , chair , erm could I ask that we have a report before council on this , and I know it will be an extra two hours on the poor council debate , but I think this is so important , and it does affect the planet for hundreds of years to come , and I think if we ca n't have a discussion on this in full council , well , it 's the most important thing we 've had for years probably , and I think we should have a discussion before council sit .
12 The tunnels , given to us by Victorians and Edwardians , are slim , with no twin-tracking-that 's why we ca n't have an all-night service like New York 's ; the tracks have to be walked for maintenance and defluffing nightly .
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