Example sentences of "ca [not/n't] have [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dad that , they ca n't have toast cos there 's bread in the freezer and it 's , there 's not enough time to get it out and defrost it . |
| 2 | Yeah , because you ca n't have trial and error without a lot of practice . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't have mayhem round my premises . ’ |
| 4 | Using language normally seen in missives asking for one 's child to be excused from games , Ms Smith 's mother , Mrs Patsy Smith was quoted as saying , ‘ Mandy ca n't have sex because she 's not well enough . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The cartoon characters ca n't have sex with the humans . |
| 6 | You clearly ca n't have sex with fellas you ai n't fond of . |
| 7 | It 's not because they ca n't have sex , it 's because they do n't want to . |
| 8 | We 're talking here of protection , of they ca n't have waiver of premium because of ill-health , they 're not going to be able to have living assurance , so it , it 's not an option really for them to have one without the other , because it 's an automatic protection that , that really should be the basis of somebody 's package of their health commitment to have it . |
| 9 | And if it 's freestanding then you ca n't have coalescence , acceptable or otherwise surely , can you . |
| 10 | Yeah I know , it 's two years , but it 's still the seating you ca n't have seating can you . |
| 11 | You ca n't have law and order without lawlessness and disorder , just as you ca n't have light without darkness . |
| 12 | I ca n't have marmalade . |
| 13 | Well , I still believe in and I do n't pushed around and say , no you ca n't have money , no you ca n't get insured , and so that means others . |
| 14 | Well , ca n't be helped , I mean we ca n't have water coming through that , that 's down the soil pipe , ca n't have that open for ever |
| 15 | Why can I , er I ca n't have hiccup ? |
| 16 | came back and said well you ca n't have chicken cos they only they do n't do chicken and er |
| 17 | Not all the the MPs are voting for this because a lot of people ca n't have work , let alone have a pay increase . |
| 18 | And if I ca n't have happiness , I want pleasure , even if it 's wrong . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And all the guy could say to me was , ‘ We ca n't have gambling ! ’ |
| 20 | You ca n't have family snaps when there 's just the two of you and a cat . |
| 21 | ‘ We ca n't use paintings full of busy detail , or delicate etchings and watercolours ; we also try to avoid lots of open blank space , because it invites graffiti ; and we ca n't have nudity or bad taste . |
| 22 | You ca n't have coffee , either . |
| 23 | Just because it 's not warm it does n't mean you ca n't have custard with it . |
| 24 | The other evening when we had our group meetings you can just walk in that side door , you can go virtually anywhere in this building unchallenged because we ca n't have security guards all over the place . |
| 25 | You have n't got political democracy and you ca n't have democracy er er er as long as er some people have the control of other other people . |
| 26 | She made a lot of conventional noises , of course ; she had to because you ca n't have Rose and Grace getting any sillier than they are already and they might have taken it into their heads to copy you , but I could see she thought you had real spirit . |
| 27 | All these references to sweets are enough to ‘ brainwash ’ any young mind , and I ca n't help wondering how mothers cope when their children ca n't have sugar for medical reasons . |
| 28 | You ca n't have drama which does n't refer to other curriculum areas . |
| 29 | We ca n't have drama without people . |
| 30 | It 's in there because you ca n't have executive style cabinet government in local government unless you pay executive councillors executive salaries , it 's got nothing to do with the idea of you getting thirty five pounds rather than thirty three if we stay here all day erm I would just , I 'm really wisely advised to make one point er Mr er was c wondering why this did n't have majority support actually most of it did I think Mr will confirm that he and his colleagues were happy to support all of the proposed responses from A to J on page thirty and thirty one but were not happy with response B and I would like to er that erm that er when our responses do go forward it is made clear that apart from little paragraph B there was all party support because I really feel that our local authority associates need to know that and erm I hope that will be little B was er a piece that erm certainly I and my colleagues supported er , rather . |