Example sentences of "you [modal v] [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When you wanted tea you could either have a pot of tea , or a ‘ cinema tea ’ , which was a pot of tea and a plate on which was a sandwich with the crusts cut off , which also represented something , and a cake . |
| 32 | If the chain proves popular you could soon have a Food Giant near you . |
| 33 | You could n't have a discussion |
| 34 | I mean you could n't have a meeting with the whole Catholic Church for example to decide on doctrine . |
| 35 | But if you 'd , if the original sum assured was only sixty thousand , you could only have a quarter , so you could only have fifteen thousand pounds maximum . |
| 36 | I mean , to die is not absolutely correct there is it , because I mean you could actually have a pay-out on critical illness , which happens earlier . |
| 37 | So you could literally have a situation in which you could live say er er a woman could er live er you know a mile from the state line and in one state er abortion er could be something which ended up with a doctor in prison for life , in another state , across the state line , it could be something which was er you know er provided free of charge by the state public health authorities . |
| 38 | Yeah because then you could have that , you could like have a story board for that advert that you thought of . |
| 39 | You could always have a bit of fun with Bill , people said . |
| 40 | T. D. You could always have a cigarette if you wanted it but if you got caught , you were in trouble . |
| 41 | There had been a certain amount of bustle about it , but you could hardly have a journey — any journey — without a bit of bustle . |
| 42 | You ca n't have a computer put the eggs in the pans because it 's got to be it 's got to be done manually by a worker . |
| 43 | Well I certainly would n't bother taking any shampoo if you ca n't have a hair drier . |
| 44 | The Town Council were so stupid there , we they 're , the Magistrate threw it out , said , no , you ca n't have a licence , because it 'd be too big a public nuisance , they decided to appeal . |
| 45 | Another is that they do n't shove the gear up on their dining-room walls ; you ca n't have a cop or two show up at some billionaire 's apartment in Sutton Place and demand to go through the strongroom . |
| 46 | That 's a lot , you ca n't have a go on everything , can you ? |
| 47 | You ca n't have a toast cos I 'm gon na have a one |
| 48 | you ca n't have a bike today |
| 49 | Yeah , I mean the boy gets , the boy gets as the boy gets older obviously the council will look into it because you ca n't have a wife sleeping in the same room |
| 50 | And then you ca n't have a drink cos you 've got to take her have n't |
| 51 | They might well have done of course they might have refused it 's the B B C they say you ca n't have a bottle |
| 52 | At some point individuals must administer , you ca n't have a committee carrying out the |
| 53 | Cos I said to him I said well look , he likes his shirts baggy he said yeah but you ca n't have a shirt too baggy with a suit . |
| 54 | or you ca n't have a lunch break , but she did n't , she just automatically assumes that everybody knows what 's going on in her head be that everybody else should know as well , yeah anyway I 've got to go Matt 's shouting , he 's obviously having problems plumbing the dishwasher , god his little cotton socks , so we 'll see you later , alright then , see you later on ta ta . |
| 55 | That a preposition is a bad thing to end a sentence with , or that you ca n't have a sentence with out a verb . |
| 56 | You ca n't have a probability of greater than one . |
| 57 | I do n't think it 's anything to do with that , but I know there 's a you ca n't have a capon any more . |
| 58 | Get rid of Norman for a start ; you ca n't have a chancellor who goes round telling the voters ‘ Je ne regrette rien ’ , when lots of them have lost their jobs and their homes because of what he does n't regret . |
| 59 | ‘ You ca n't have a rash on your tongue . ’ |
| 60 | If you ca n't have a debate there , where can you ? |