Example sentences of "[modal v] i have the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you said please may I have the marmalade it might arrive .
2 say please may I have the marmalade .
3 May I hope that you too enjoyed our talk — and may I have the pleasure of calling on you .
4 If so , may I have the pleasure of proposing you ?
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 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 .
7 May I have the approval of the Meeting ?
8 May I have the approval of the meeting please ?
9 May I have the approval of the Meeting ?
10 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 ) .
11 May I have the doctor 's name , Madame ? ’
12 Could I have the names , please . ’
13 When would I have the time the way things are and you on your back ? ’
14 Peter Gaskell placed a half sheet of exercise-book paper on the counter and said , ‘ Can I have the order , please ?
15 Well that 's a point , speaking of photos can I have the ones you took at ?
16 Can I have the spoon please ?
17 Can I have the spoon ?
18 Can I have the McCoy 's ?
19 Oh Richard , James , James said can I have the hairbrush out .
20 Erm can I have the proposal that that was a correct record of our deliberations please ?
21 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 ? ’
22 Can I have the keys ? ’
23 Can I have the keys ?
24 So I said to er your mum one night oh I said can I have the stool back ?
25 Can I have the eggs please .
26 Can I have the marge ?
27 I want , I want the gravy , can I have the gravy ?
28 Can I have the pen there please ?
29 Can I have the dish out , the carving dish , out of the cupboard
30 Can I have the scissors ?
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