Example sentences of "[pron] can [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course I know all that 's no reason why I ca n't have a bike . |
2 | Dog 's gon na have a packet of biscuits and I ca n't have a Pick and Pix . |
3 | ‘ 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 . |
4 | Well if I ca n't have a bit of this chocolate , I 'm going home . |
5 | I , I said to him I , I do n't want , I know I ca n't have a test soon , but I do n't really want another one that soon . |
6 | Besides , I mean I ca n't have a fag ! |
7 | If I ca n't have a band , I wo n't go . |
8 | But it 's something that I think someone can only have a go at if they have a great deal of support and a chance to experiment in a way that still gives them the option erm not to change if they feel that they ca n't handle it any other way erm so I think there are a lot of difficulties associated with this kind of problem . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Well I certainly would n't bother taking any shampoo if you ca n't have a hair drier . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | That 's a lot , you ca n't have a go on everything , can you ? |
14 | You ca n't have a toast cos I 'm gon na have a one |
15 | you ca n't have a bike today |
16 | 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 |
17 | And then you ca n't have a drink cos you 've got to take her have n't |
18 | 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 |
19 | At some point individuals must administer , you ca n't have a committee carrying out the |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | You ca n't have a probability of greater than one . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | ‘ You ca n't have a rash on your tongue . ’ |
27 | If you ca n't have a debate there , where can you ? |
28 | If you ca n't have a debate in cabinet , what 's the point off cabinet ? |
29 | Like , if you ask for a bath , they 'll say , ‘ No , you ca n't have a bath . ’ |
30 | You ask why , and they say , ‘ Do n't ask me why , I said you ca n't have a bath . ’ |