Example sentences of "[adv] i have " in BNC.

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1 Yet can not I have the patience to look upon your wickedness with such a …
2 ‘ Ca n't I have just one night in the whole year to myself ?
3 Ca n't I have a wash and a change first , sergeant ? ’
4 Ca n't I have any bleedin' peace ? ’
5 Why should n't I have a good old weep ?
6 What are tragic to behold are women … who suddenly do a volte face at fifty and say , ‘ Why did n't I have children ? ' ’ …
7 could n't I have been left alone
8 Why could n't I have been born to be successful and brainy ?
9 And ask them how they 'd answer their children 's inevitable questions , such as ‘ why do n't I have a daddy like the other kids at school ? ’
10 Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ?
11 I 've asked Jeffrey to ask a friend about it who 's a solicitor if he knows anybody but I c , I ca n't I have n't got the in information .
12 Do n't I have any say in setting my goals ?
13 If I 'm allowed to have food , why ca n't I have it in the same cell as Elaine ? ’
14 Why ca n't I have the next stage ?
15 The Frenchman suggested barquettes à la Neptune , or the soupe à l'oseille , to begin with , but Xanthe looked at her father and wheedled , ‘ Ca n't I have an artichoke ?
16 And why the hell should n't I have a penchant for claret ? thought Helen .
17 Sometimes she would say ‘ This is my company and if I want it , why ca n't I have it ? ’
18 Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’
19 ‘ Should n't I have done ? ’
20 ‘ Should n't I have signed the register ? ’ she said , not at all sure she liked his high-handed manner .
21 ‘ Why , should n't I have done that ? ’
22 ‘ Ca n't I have both ?
23 Ca n't I have all that ? ’
24 Why ca n't I have My my horses and my cattle you know .
25 Well I said , I 've got to , I said , I ca n't I have n't got time to talk to anybody , I said , I 've got to shift it .
26 ‘ Might n't I have known that she would have such perfect timing ? ’ turning to his mother , he explained , ‘ That 's what I was coming to tell you — that Phena was on her way .
27 ‘ And should n't I have been the first person to have known about them ?
28 ‘ Why do n't I have a word with that little sod Ali and see if he can arrange it all ?
29 But I do n't I have to keep in touch of course with all companies how we 're doing .
30 but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it
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