Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] to have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Licensee Richard Salmon says : ‘ En suite is an absolute essential and business people expect to have a phone in the room . |
| 2 | Magnetic and optical media appear to have a shorter life . |
| 3 | Some people seem to have a natural knack for making money , while others have a marvellous ability for getting along without it . |
| 4 | Yet so many people seem to have a mental block on this point , rushing for those little bottles when common sense should tell them that they can not possibly have some dreadful plague as they have n't introduced any new fish for over a year ! |
| 5 | Perhaps it is the fault of the world in which we live , but people seem to have a great fear of failing , forgetting that failing at something does not mean that one is a ‘ failure ’ at life . |
| 6 | Derbyshire Assistant Chief Constable Don Dovaston said : ‘ People seem to have a total disregard for the safety of themselves and other road users . |
| 7 | Also , the UK Customs people seem to have a penchant for opening packages with disks in , and whilst I 've never heard of anything going missing from such a package , they never seem to have grasped the idea that magnets and x-rays do n't mix well with floppy disks . |
| 8 | I think it is appalling , quite atrocious — some people seem to have a death wish . ’ |
| 9 | Bob Hughes : ‘ Some people seem to have a death wish ’ |
| 10 | Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase , I prefer not to . |
| 11 | Some people like to have a clear set of rules to live and to work by , while others condemn these same rules as ‘ bureaucratic ’ , restrictive and stifling . |
| 12 | A lot of people drink but it 's unfortunate because I am famous and well known people try to have a dig at that side of it . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh yes , you people have to have a nothingth floor . ’ |