Example sentences of "can [not/n't] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't see why you ca n't have a private line , though it defeats the object of getting people to send you things you need in a hurry . ’ |
| 2 | Or it 's only class four occupation that ca n't have a four week |
| 3 | But the way I look at it , if you ca n't have a spectacular manoeuvre , have a spectacular wipeout — it 's good for the public . ’ |
| 4 | You ca n't have a working party member who knows more than the quizmaster ! |
| 5 | But in general I think people accept the fact that with used vehicles erm that , depending on the age and mileage of the vehicle they 've got , they accept that obviously they ca n't have a thousand pound cover on say a hundred thousand mile Sierra for example . |
| 6 | Would you prefer a wood-burning stove , conventional radiators , skirting or baseboard heaters , warm air ducts , underfloor or ceiling heating ( given a choice in a new house ) or , if you ca n't have a central heating system , storage heaters ? |
| 7 | Because you ca n't have a long float on the back . |
| 8 | You ca n't have a safer bet than that ! |
| 9 | We ca n't have a new car an , and go to frigging Amsterdam can we ! |
| 10 | In Southend , where 3,000 of the 50,000 adult males are reckoned to be Masons , it went into the case of what you might call Preferential Allocation of Council Property , and the battle of one councillor , Christopher Hudson , to break the grip of the men on the Square : ‘ We ca n't have a secret society operating within the framework of a democracy , ’ he said . |
| 11 | You ca n't have a human society without crime . |
| 12 | Well we ca n't have a bad year presumably it means you do n't pay tax . |
| 13 | Advertising then moved on to emphasising the safety element of nablabs ( as an alternative to alcohol for drivers ) , effectively saying to consumers ‘ when you ca n't have a proper drink , have this instead ’ . |
| 14 | I do n't see why we ca n't have a proper meal after a do . |
| 15 | Often even young children ca n't have a comfortable nap during the day . |
| 16 | So you ca n't have a full mortgage but they could n't get a mortgage on it because it had a flat roof . |
| 17 | Ca n't have a jolly time without your mates . |
| 18 | You ca n't have a premium holiday on a qualifying plan . |
| 19 | Thanks to a story two weeks ago in InformationWeek headlined ‘ Take One , It 's Free , ’ Unix System Labs is having to explain to potential Destiny customers why they ca n't have a free copy of SVR4.2 . |
| 20 | He was backed by Doug McAvoy , leader of the National Union of Teachers , who said : ‘ You ca n't have a national curriculum fairly delivered if you have 40 children in a class in Lancashire and 28 in London . ’ |
| 21 | You ca n't have a square root of minus one . |
| 22 | You , you get used to the idea that all squares must be positive , so a negative number ca n't have a square root . |
| 23 | The playgroup ca n't have an extra day because the chapel might be needed for funerals , according to church elders based at nearby Dursley . |
| 24 | By the way , it 's strange my telling you all this , but I know my secret 's safe with you , and I know , too , that it ca n't have an evil influence on you — your mind 's too strong for that . |
| 25 | The tunnels , given to us by Victorians and Edwardians , are slim , with no twin-tracking-that 's why we ca n't have an all-night service like New York 's ; the tracks have to be walked for maintenance and defluffing nightly . |
| 26 | That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have . |
| 27 | tired that they can not have a decent conversation , dinner or social night out . |
| 28 | But we can not have a professional elite which is beyond criticism . ’ |
| 29 | Since a gas assumes the shape of its container , a gas can not have a fixed volume . |
| 30 | Which we 've already talked about and there 's no reason why erm , you can not have a one pager for access . |