Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 May I please have a drink ?
2 Must one always have a reason , an excuse , to show the world like a certificate of release ?
3 I was just wondering should it not have a photograph ?
4 erm And there are erm it 's quite difficult to read until you get used to it , but erm the title is nice and easy , could I just have a copy , erm down there ?
5 I mean … could I possibly have a word with you ? ’
6 Could it or could it not have a bearing on this present case of murder ?
7 May we just have a look down here ? ’ he asked appealingly .
8 I 'll run you home ; or would you rather have a brandy ? ’
9 Would you rather have a woman on the throne of England ? ’
10 Would you rather have a cup of tea ?
11 Would you rather have a job ?
12 Would we then have a guarantee against the occurrence of a crisis ?
13 Only under a more plausible leader would it ever have a chance , particularly during a recession .
14 What happens if she does it on a weekend , will we just have a key ?
15 Will he particularly look at what the French are doing in terms of tax concessions to encourage the viability of such an environmentally friendly fuel , and will he perhaps have a word with our right hon. Friend the Chancellor on that subject ?
16 Erm ha Chrissy can I just have a knife and I can cu oh go on half it then I can get this out , I can throw this
17 Can I just have a look Kath ?
18 Go on can I just have a look
19 Oh please can I just have a look
20 Can I just have a smell ?
21 I know , but can I just have a burst of adverts ?
22 Can I just have a cup of tea ?
23 Can I just have a drag ?
24 Can I just have a light off your cigarette then ?
25 Or sometimes if they 're not sure I 'll say Well before we book it can you just have a run round the house and then ring me back tell me actually what there is to go .
26 Can we please have a column for us 50-year-olds ?
27 It is n't a case of wanting them they 're such good knives you do n't get them at that price , too often right can we just have a look at the price of microwaves , while we 're here
28 Right , can we actually have a look now the last bit is sort of more the nitty gritty before we go on to this .
29 I think if the committee did that then we 'd be back to what five or six years ago , when a whole afternoon was spent on that and I would n't commend that to you , but can we perhaps have a word with the officers at a later stage , take it on board what both Graham and Anne have been saying , and obviously not trying to do that in a meeting like this but try to prepare for it a month before-hand .
30 AFTER the recent wonderful developments in eastern Europe , particularly the fall of the Berlin Wall , can we now have a bit more freedom — other than the freedom to spend money .
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