Example sentences of "can [not/n't] i have " in BNC.

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1 Ca n't I have just one night in the whole year to myself ?
2 Ca n't I have a wash and a change first , sergeant ? ’
3 Ca n't I have any bleedin' peace ? ’
4 I 've asked Jeffrey to ask a friend about it who 's a solicitor if he knows anybody but I c , I ca n't I have n't got the in information .
5 If I 'm allowed to have food , why ca n't I have it in the same cell as Elaine ? ’
6 Why ca n't I have the next stage ?
7 The Frenchman suggested barquettes à la Neptune , or the soupe à l'oseille , to begin with , but Xanthe looked at her father and wheedled , ‘ Ca n't I have an artichoke ?
8 Sometimes she would say ‘ This is my company and if I want it , why ca n't I have it ? ’
9 Anyhow , there 's the witch outside your guy 's door and he tells her to bug off , she ca n't come in , he 's expecting someone and she says , oh please , baby , sweetie , honey pie , ca n't I have just a teensy weensy little coffee after I 've come all this way to see you , and he says — because he 's a proper English gentleman , right ? ’
10 Ca n't I have both ?
11 Ca n't I have all that ? ’
12 Why ca n't I have My my horses and my cattle you know .
13 Well I said , I 've got to , I said , I ca n't I have n't got time to talk to anybody , I said , I 've got to shift it .
14 but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it
15 alright then , fair enough I I I yeah I agree I ca n't I have to buy that one
16 Ca n't I have some iron tablets ? ’
17 Ca n't I have some Valium , Sister ? ’ he grovelled .
18 I mean why ca n't I have a
19 Why ca n't I have an egg ?
20 Why ca n't I have it on Saturday ?
21 I 'd just go and say , here are I ca n't ha , why ca n't I have any money ?
22 Ca n't I have this ?
23 Ca n't I have another , another drink please ?
24 I ca n't I have n't been bloody , yeah you have now , I 've still got ta get to there yet before I can bloody buy anything
25 So why ca n't I have the money ?
26 Ca n't I have a tiny bit ?
27 Yet can not I have the patience to look upon your wickedness with such a …
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