Example sentences of "could not have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he could not have a girl 's time wasted by taking down statements of that kind . |
| 2 | However , she recently asked what it was all for if she could not have a child . |
| 3 | Perhaps I could rule Scotland without a man , but I could not have a child without one . |
| 4 | Few people would ever own a home if they could not have a mortgage . |
| 5 | We could not have a debate in Committee and the House deserves serious answers on this extremely important issue . |
| 6 | Coppell , who is putting out the most inexperienced team he has fielded in nine years at Palace , said : ‘ Because Andy is a diabetic , he could not have the operation under general anaesthetic . |
| 7 | When the Macedonians broke away from ex-Yugoslavia last year , the man who was then Greece 's foreign minister , Antonis Samaras , told his EC colleagues that the new state could not have the word ‘ Macedonia ’ in its name . |
| 8 | After a pause for thought she told Dad that he must go and ask the Captain if he could let them have some cups and saucers and whatever else was available , even if they could not have the hall . |
| 9 | You recall that we could not have the needles always selected in the same direction or we would end up with biased fabric ? |
| 10 | The Law Lords allowed the appeal on the ground that the clause in the Scheme relied on by the employers could not have the meaning attributed to it . |
| 11 | ‘ His department has been saying to us in recent weeks that we could not have the classrooms and toilets we need because there are empty places in other schools . |
| 12 | I must admit , it 's never ever let me down but I mean , they know if ever they said I could n't have no money I 'd cause one hell of a stink you know ! |
| 13 | You could n't have a discussion |
| 14 | She could n't have er she could n't have a feather pillow . |
| 15 | I could n't have a quarter of it . |
| 16 | Could n't have a mortgage . |
| 17 | When it was being drawn up ‘ we agreed we could n't have a cash limit and we never said there would be a cash limit ’ . |
| 18 | Oh so he could n't have a smoke ? |
| 19 | The house was identified and purchased , and I do n't see any reason why we could n't have a stay of two or three days or a week to get time to move things properly . ’ |
| 20 | I mean you could n't have a meeting with the whole Catholic Church for example to decide on doctrine . |
| 21 | I like to think I am broad-minded , but the language my father used was beyond the pale , and all because he could n't have a shave ! |
| 22 | When they said he could n't have a parrot he 'd said ‘ Well , mice , then , white ones , ’ but his Dad had said he could n't have them either . |
| 23 | They could n't have a season without him , but quite definitely they could n't have one without Busacher either . |
| 24 | Having done a railway trip together to the West Somerset Railway to celebrate our Silver Wedding anniversary , at a time when we could n't have a party , my wife and I recently held a belated one at the Gwili Railway , ably assisted by family , friends and some members of the BCRS committee . |
| 25 | Well , equally you could n't have an A T C Squadron in every small town or village in the country , and therefore they 've got to be , I mean , just as much as Otter Valley Boxing Club has extended its range to get more people , so the A T C have to be in some particular place . |
| 26 | We could n't have the lights on . |
| 27 | We said they could n't have the corpse if we did n't get it — that 's by the by — but it 's understood by both sides that this is the last of such meetings . |
| 28 | he could n't have the Sierra cos the Belmont was the only one what was there . |
| 29 | He could n't have the part ! |
| 30 | ‘ He proceeded to spend four minutes telling me why I could n't have the job , and then said , ‘ I 'm sorry , my time is more or less up now ’ . |