Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] to have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 " But anyway we believed in buying land and that the municipality ought to have a share , that the community ought to have a share in the equity of real estate . "
2 After all , a general ought to have a wife , a family , ought n't he ?
3 Mrs Mills said that the prosecution or magistrates should decide in certain cases whether an accused person ought to have a jury trial .
4 Around 250 years ago the meadows in the northern part of this area near the Black Elster river used to have a tinge of red due to ironstone in the soil .
5 Me dad used to have a Zepper
6 " But anyway we believed in buying land and that the municipality ought to have a share , that the community ought to have a share in the equity of real estate . "
7 when mother used to have a servant you see , she 'd put the kettle on for herself .
8 So one of the ways was , at that time the Co-op used to have a horse and cart coming round the streets , fruits and , and they used to sell rabbits .
9 Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river .
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