Example sentences of "if [pers pn] [modal v] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder if I might have a word with your son . ’ |
| 2 | He do n't clear mine even though I 'm finished , but when he goes past I ask if I can have a lend of his dishcloth to wipe my fingers . |
| 3 | If I can have a game of polo I feel five hundred times better in my mental outlook . |
| 4 | if you think to yourself well if I can have a a quarter of an hour 's chat with him , that 'd be worth something . |
| 5 | Only if I can have a lump of your bread . |
| 6 | The following morning I worked as usual and then asked Kathleen if I could have a couple of days off . |
| 7 | And she would be if I could have a woman come in to scrub the floors . ’ |
| 8 | If I could have a second choice it would be Anthony Mascolo ’ . |
| 9 | A : excuse me are you busy B : no not at all A : I wondered if I could have a word with you |
| 10 | I asked if I could have a fire arm , she said oh no , no , no , they |
| 11 | It would greatly assist me er if I could have a copy of a one to two thousand five hundred plan showing these lands without any er heavy lines on them . |
| 12 | ‘ If I could have a few minutes — let's say half an hour — to think it over and make some notes , I daresay we 'll be as right as a snail 's whisker . ’ |
| 13 | I wonder if I could have a list of them . ’ |
| 14 | If just one of them had sent one of their grandmothers , and I could come out of the sun , and if I could have a silenced chain-saw , then maybe it would be fair . |
| 15 | Fourthly that each child on that action plan would have outlined where they would hope to go and following that have found out what the requirements are , the possible pathway through and if they are n't sure , I was gon , what I was gon na ask was , if I could have a careers teacher in to talk to form about possible pathway through , i in the general terms so they 've got these four outcomes there . |
| 16 | I went the , if I could have a cosy bag like you . |
| 17 | And I asked Robert if I could have a er have a look at one of these |
| 18 | Well if I could have a bungalow the same as I' ve got now I would n't care . |
| 19 | She waited for Jean , his girlfriend , to go to the Ladies , and then pounced , flirting madly and manoeuvring him into bartering with her that he would buy two whole strips if she would have a dance with him . |
| 20 | so she 's er , she 's waiting for 'em to come to do that , anyway she 's er , somebody rang her did n't they and they asked her if she 'd have a little boy of four months old , Thursdays and Fridays all day and she started this week with him , so I said well Pauline |
| 21 | Moira said she would ask her parents if she could have a drink with him . |
| 22 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 23 | Darren ( 3.9 ) was pushing a friend in a large basket on wheels when his teacher asked if she could have a ride . |
| 24 | A friend said it would be wonderful if she could have a wood with an obelisk where she could go and sit , ’ says Gwyn . |
| 25 | And now , here was Matilda sitting in the classroom with a curiously exalted look on her face and asking if she could have a private talk . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She was more interested in getting a glass of water from the mini-bar and enquiring if she could have a cup of tea . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Look here , Squire , ’ said Desmond , ‘ we were wondering if you would have a word with Potter . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I should appreciate it if you would have a few words with her , unless , of course , you approve of such behaviour . |