Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 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 .
9 Well I certainly would n't bother taking any shampoo if you ca n't have a hair drier .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 That 's a lot , you ca n't have a go on everything , can you ?
13 You ca n't have a toast cos I 'm gon na have a one
14 you ca n't have a bike today
15 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
16 And then you ca n't have a drink cos you 've got to take her have n't
17 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
18 At some point individuals must administer , you ca n't have a committee carrying out the
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 You ca n't have a probability of greater than one .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 You ca n't have a rash on your tongue . ’
26 If you ca n't have a debate there , where can you ?
27 If you ca n't have a debate in cabinet , what 's the point off cabinet ?
28 Like , if you ask for a bath , they 'll say , ‘ No , you ca n't have a bath . ’
29 You ask why , and they say , ‘ Do n't ask me why , I said you ca n't have a bath . ’
30 So now you ca n't have a bath ?
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