Example sentences of "have a cup [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I think we should have a cup of tea , ’ Rose said with jollying encouragement towards Moran but when he only looked back out at her she just continued talking as she got kettle and teapot .
2 After the delivery , he would always have a cup of tea .
3 ‘ Come into the kitchen , and we will have a cup of tea .
4 ‘ Surely you 'll have a cup of tea with us ? ’
5 I wondered if you 'd care to come along and have a cup of tea in my room .
6 You 'd make arrangements beforehand , perhaps with the station-keeper , who would say to call down and he 'd have a cup of tea made when the sergeant was out .
7 Inviting people into your home to partake of food and drink can be a modest invitation to one person to come and have a cup of coffee and a biscuit .
8 They can have all the cleaning equipment ready for you , tidying and moving any light objects , as necessary , as their contribution to the exercise before your arrival , and then when the work is completed they will usually be very pleased if you have allowed time to sit down and have a cup of tea or a drink with them for a while before you leave .
9 Now could a man have a cup of tea in this place does anyone think ? ’
10 ‘ No , I told your father we 'd have a cup of coffee in Mario 's .
11 Can I have a cup of tea please ? ’
12 ‘ Come on , let's go and have a cup of tea .
13 But I will have a cup of tea , Letty , please . ’
14 First we 'll have a cup of tea .
15 Do you know that there 's men running clubs up there who would murder somebody like you or me would have a cup of tea ?
16 I 'd go around saying , ‘ Let's have a cup of tea , shall we ? ’ because I thought that 's how normal people behaved .
17 ‘ Can I have a cup of water ? ’ she asked .
18 Anyway since editing is the main problem , what we 're going to do this afternoon is , actually , I 'm going to show you another video and again it 's a very controversial one , again it 's used in , in teaching situations , again it has a biased point of view in the sense that it 's produced by National Power , er clearly as a P R job for introduction into schools erm and I want you to do the same exercise , but this time I want us to edit them among ourselves and what I 'm going to do is to get you to wri write your reviews and then we 'll divide into small groups , while you 're watching it I 'll co I 'll count how , however many people we 've got here , we 'll copy the reviews and in the same groups I want you to edit one another 's reviews and then er discuss them within the groups once you 've , once you 've marked them so we 'll get into the small , we 'll do the review we 'll write the review and then we will er , I distribute the , you can go and have a cup of coffee while we copy them , then we 'll distribute them , you can mark them , er individually on your own and then we 'll get into a group and you can criticize one another 's reviews , we 'll take them one at a time , we 'll probably be in groups of four , okay , but I 'll see , I 'll see how many , what the most suitable number is , okay so , if you , would you be kind enough to that
19 ‘ Do you think I could have a cup of tea , please ? ’
20 She was more interested in getting a glass of water from the mini-bar and enquiring if she could have a cup of tea .
21 We 'll go and have a cup of coffee , tea something like that you see .
22 We used to go walk round and shopping and then we 'd go and have a cup of coffee and then we 'd both catch a bus .
23 ‘ Why do n't you both come over and have a cup of tea some time ? ’ he suggests .
24 ‘ I 'll have a cup of coffee . ’
25 ‘ I shall just have a cup of camomile tea . ’
26 Should they go at once or have a cup of coffee first ?
27 Sometimes I would hear conversations about the war when some of the older men in the dale came to chat and have a cup of tea in the kitchen with Uncle Tommy , who had come to take over Low Birk Hatt after Father died .
28 ‘ Will you have a cup of tea , eh ? ’
29 Emerging once more into the glare , she put a hand to her throbbing head , and decided that she must have a cup of tea .
30 Oh , wait a minute — could I have a cup of coffee , please ? ’
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