Example sentences of "[modal v] i have the " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I hope that you too enjoyed our talk — and may I have the pleasure of calling on you . |
| 2 | But the Oscar for the Most Unusual Drawing Show of the Month goes — may I have the envelope please ? — to Pace , uptown , for ‘ Directors ’ Drawings ’ , starring works on paper ( and on story-boards ) by the likes of Alfred Hitchcock , Martin Scorsese , Satajit Ray , Federico Fellini , Sergei Eisenstein , John Houston , Orson Welles , David Lynch and Terry Gilliam ( among others ) . |
| 3 | If so , may I have the pleasure of proposing you ? |
| 4 | ‘ May I have the doctor 's name , Madame ? ’ |
| 5 | May I have the pleasure , monsieur , of introducing my two sons , boomed the senator , smiling into the wizened face of the Annamese mandarin while the governor 's aide translated for him . |
| 6 | " May I have the first dance , Janet ? " |
| 7 | No word spoken before he said : " May I have the first dance ? " |
| 8 | On the other hand , Siward could not quite conceal his moment of stillness when Cormac of Dunkeld , bustling up , had drawn forward the boy standing beside him and said , ‘ And now , my lord Siward , may I have the pleasure of introducing you again to your nephew . |
| 9 | May I have the approval of the Meeting ? |
| 10 | May I have the approval of the meeting please ? |
| 11 | May I have the approval of the Meeting ? |
| 12 | If you said please may I have the marmalade it might arrive . |
| 13 | say please may I have the marmalade . |
| 14 | ‘ Could I have the names , please . ’ |
| 15 | Could I have the first question please ? |
| 16 | Right erm could I have the er the mild korma down here please ? |
| 17 | When would I have the time the way things are and you on your back ? ’ |
| 18 | Can I have the keys ? ’ |
| 19 | You could get stopped by women , saying : ‘ Can I have the police clothes ? ’ |
| 20 | Well , he found them the best ski runs in the Cairngorms when they started and they could n't afford to give him anything very spectacular , so he said , ‘ Can I have the ski shop and the bobble hat concession ? ’ |
| 21 | So , did you break your letter down into two parts … first , did you enquire whether there were any professional reasons which would prevent you taking up the appointment and , second , can I have the following information etc ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Can I have the car ? ’ said Adam . |
| 23 | ‘ Can I have the aircrew mess ? ’ she whispered , stiff-lipped . |
| 24 | Erm can I have the proposal that that was a correct record of our deliberations please ? |
| 25 | Peter Gaskell placed a half sheet of exercise-book paper on the counter and said , ‘ Can I have the order , please ? |
| 26 | PPS I think your Mahia address is the only one I have can I have the other again ? |
| 27 | Can I have the negatives and the certificates now , please ? ’ |
| 28 | Can I have the keys ? |
| 29 | I said , can I have the sugar and he picked up a knife from the table-top and pretended to carve his heart out , put it in the sugar bowl and presented it to me . |
| 30 | ‘ Mum , when we get home , can I have the box ? ’ |