Example sentences of "[pers pn] could have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Maybe I could have a new dress . |
3 | I went the , if I could have a cosy bag like you . |
4 | I thought no more of it , and stared vacantly into space , wishing that the weather would improve so that I could have a better look at the scenery . |
5 | If I could have a second choice it would be Anthony Mascolo ’ . |
6 | Erm I 'd have one aga , I mean , I wa I wanted mine for Alan 's wedding so I could have a nice tan for , with my suit . |
7 | Anyway , that meant I could have a decent drink and trust to luck not to have to need a lift back . |
8 | ‘ Well , they wheeled me over to Ophthalmology so she could have a good look , ’ Faye told him . |
9 | Once it was dark , Jane went out to sit on a low wall where she could have a good view . |
10 | She had forced herself out of bed especially early , without waking Oz , just so that she could have a spare half-hour or so to take a walk up Back Clough Dale . |
11 | No , she could have a red-haired baby later . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Perhaps she could have a little porch built over the side door and a bit could be cut off Lizzie 's kitchen to make a small hall . |
14 | Or you could have a Milky Bar ? |
15 | You could have a complete meal for one and sixpence . |
16 | I mean Yeah I say , or you could have a taller fridge . |
17 | Oh yeah you could have a taller fridge . |
18 | I mean you could have a negative number to the minus eight . |
19 | THE MUDDLES all come from thinking you could have a better idea of God or a worse one or any idea of God at all . |
20 | They have loads of fillings and you just choose what you want and there was curried chicken , prawns , could have salad with them or you could have a baked potato with your own filling , I had a baked potato with tuna fish and coleslaw , coleslaw was made with mayonnaise , it was gorgeous . |
21 | A smaller bitmap can be tiled , as this is , or you could have a small object placed in the corner or centred . |
22 | ‘ Then in a few months you could have a thriving business here , Mr Robinson . |
23 | If the conservatory has an outside wall with a gas supply nearby , you could have a fitted heater . |
24 | Somebody were sure to say or do suthen so you could have a good laugh . |
25 | You could have a good look around and , of course , meet my godmother . |
26 | already know them or you could have a good guess at them . |
27 | ‘ Perhaps you could have a little party on the big day , ’ said Margaret brightly . |
28 | If yo I hope you , I suppose you could have a whole course in psycho-history , if you really put into it enough , but for just one class , I thought it was too much to ask students to attend , to try and have to get into psycho-history , so I have n't erm , done very much of it , and this , my excuse here really was , well Freud did write a book called Woodrow Wilson . |
29 | Well maybe you could have a quick word with him first and I could give you a call and then erm |
30 | He particularly was concerned about problems of scale as a practical problem , that is it may well be in a small town you could have a direct democracy , a face-to-face community where people can talk to each other and argue with each other and meet on a regular basis , but as soon as you get cities , countries , nations , direct democracy of any sort is erm absurd |