Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | could I have a sweet Rob ? , where is it ? , out there ? |
| 32 | Can I have a light Dan ? |
| 33 | ‘ Could I have a green salad ? ’ |
| 34 | I tell Major Mills I 'm an idiot in the kitchen , and Hillary-Jones spends ten minutes with details of leaving batter to stand , do I have a cold room , not a refrigerator , that 's too harsh … |
| 35 | This girl we know was in Germany and they were doing a PA and she ran up to Richard Fm and said ‘ I 've come all the way from England to see you ’ — which was a complete lie — and she said , ‘ Can I have a signed photo ? ’ |
| 36 | Now can I have a proper rubber ? |
| 37 | Can I have a Scotch pancake now please ? |
| 38 | Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ? |
| 39 | Oh can I have a brown roll Steve please ? |
| 40 | ‘ Please can I have a supplementary allocation . ’ |
| 41 | Mum , can I have a whole piece of toast please ? |
| 42 | Well why should I have a pretty dress and a cake when it 's the love that 's there and not a piece of paper or a special day ! |
| 43 | Can I have a single room ? |
| 44 | Why do I have a hard time , and there 's the Godless person prospering ? |
| 45 | Oh short of blue , could , could I have a little bit ? |
| 46 | Can I have a little bit ? |
| 47 | Can I have a little bit please ? |
| 48 | Can I have a little go now ? |
| 49 | Can I have a little plaster please ? |
| 50 | Having interviewed my fair share of criminals and oddballs , ranging from murderers to men with silver foil round their heads claiming protection from the moon 's beams , I thought I had a well-developed instinct for sensing a nutter when I met one . |
| 51 | Hence I had a working knowledge of the language and sometimes , at table , could follow the conversation , though when the Ralembergs lapsed into patois this became impossible . |
| 52 | I wish I had a working wishing well . |
| 53 | I saved up these back pages until I had a complete set and my mother sewed them together on her treadle -operated Singer machine . |
| 54 | The next I heard was when I had a complete breakdown of Robert and Janet 's income erm with the breakdown of how a new settlement was was brought about . |
| 55 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 56 | Within a week I had a complete record of this remote site , it is amazing how much remains — an undercarriage with its wheel and tyre in place . |
| 57 | Then I had a blooming fall . |
| 58 | As I understood , he was asleep for much of the time , and indeed , I found him so on the few occasions I had a spare moment to ascend to that little attic room . |
| 59 | I can make leads , I mean , if you have to do it , if I had a spare moment |
| 60 | I had a spare bedroom and eventually , we agreed that he would come and live in my flat as a lodger — which is what happened . |