Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | May I please have a drink ? |
2 | 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 ? |
3 | I mean … could I possibly have a word with you ? ’ |
4 | ‘ May we just have a look down here ? ’ he asked appealingly . |
5 | I 'll run you home ; or would you rather have a brandy ? ’ |
6 | Would you rather have a woman on the throne of England ? ’ |
7 | Would you rather have a cup of tea ? |
8 | Would you rather have a job ? |
9 | Would we then have a guarantee against the occurrence of a crisis ? |
10 | Only under a more plausible leader would it ever have a chance , particularly during a recession . |
11 | What happens if she does it on a weekend , will we just have a key ? |
12 | 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 ? |
13 | 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 |
14 | Can I just have a look Kath ? |
15 | Go on can I just have a look |
16 | Oh please can I just have a look |
17 | Can I just have a smell ? |
18 | I know , but can I just have a burst of adverts ? |
19 | Can I just have a cup of tea ? |
20 | Can I just have a drag ? |
21 | Can I just have a light off your cigarette then ? |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Can we please have a column for us 50-year-olds ? |
24 | 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 |
25 | Right , can we actually have a look now the last bit is sort of more the nitty gritty before we go on to this . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |