Example sentences of "[pers pn] have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 can I have a free ice cream
32 could I have a sweet Rob ? , where is it ? , out there ?
33 Can I have a light Dan ?
34 ‘ Could I have a green salad ? ’
35 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 …
36 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 ? ’
37 Now can I have a proper rubber ?
38 Can I have a Scotch pancake now please ?
39 Why should n't I have a different way of estimating it ?
40 Oh can I have a brown roll Steve please ?
41 ‘ Please can I have a supplementary allocation . ’
42 Mum , can I have a whole piece of toast please ?
43 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 !
44 Can I have a single room ?
45 Why do I have a hard time , and there 's the Godless person prospering ?
46 Oh short of blue , could , could I have a little bit ?
47 Can I have a little bit ?
48 Can I have a little bit please ?
49 Can I have a little go now ?
50 Can I have a little plaster please ?
51 Do I have an early memory of misunderstanding , when something I said was misunderstood , perhaps with painful or embarrassing consequences , by a friend , a member of my family or a teacher ?
52 Can I have an extra bonus point ?
53 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 .
54 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 .
55 I wish I had a working wishing well .
56 I saved up these back pages until I had a complete set and my mother sewed them together on her treadle -operated Singer machine .
57 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 .
58 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 .
59 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 .
60 Then I had a blooming fall .
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