Example sentences of "she could have a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are times when I wish she could have a couple of years off to bring up her children , be at home with them , and not worry about anything else apart from them and her husband . |
| 2 | Once the budgies and the two cats were attended to , she asked the kindly-looking proprietor if she could have a word with Mrs Jarvis . |
| 3 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 4 | Always small things , nothing she could have a qualm about accepting , which made them all the more delightful . |
| 5 | Elaine wished she could have a marriage like that . |
| 6 | Moira said she would ask her parents if she could have a drink with him . |
| 7 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 8 | Then , later on , when you have both built up the small-animal side , she could have a share of the profits . ’ |
| 9 | All he had to do then was to make it known that he had promised to leave Laura alone so that she could have a rest in peace , to make an excuse about paying a brief visit to the Gents , to go up to his room — probably via the guest-lift — to stick his hand inside the room and grab the handbag , to take out the jewel before dumping the handbag , and then … ’ |
| 10 | A friend said it would be wonderful if she could have a wood with an obelisk where she could go and sit , ’ says Gwyn . |
| 11 | She was more interested in getting a glass of water from the mini-bar and enquiring if she could have a cup of tea . |