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

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1 He adds that ‘ the natives of Mull are very careful to chew a piece … especially when they intend to have a drinking bout ’ .
2 If they intend to have a go , it 'll take weeks to organize , but that does n't matter .
3 They tend to have a consciousness of kind , a feeling of kinship with other group members .
4 They tend to have a quality of immediacy and interest and they are , generally , believed .
5 They tend to have a lot more disk space than memory .
6 Unless they mean to have a marina here are they ?
7 They want to have a word with you . ’
8 The sheer fact that they want to have a go , they want to improve ; they want to look at their work is a very good thing .
9 Labour Members say that they want to have a debate , yet because they have been discomfited in other debates they have come in to the Chamber to start shouting and jeering .
10 They appear to have a stem : could they be related to the crinoids ?
11 They deserve to have a father around . ’
12 There is also the difference between employees who are in offices , who for some reason or other , I 've always found and still do , they seem to have a notion that they 're a different class to others who work for wages .
13 Above and bottom left : These Long-finned Koi were pictured in the USA , where they seem to have a taste for the more exotic coldwater fish and none of our traditional fears about ‘ breaking the rules ’ .
14 They seem to have a lot of fun . ’
15 Yeah they seem to have a lot more to loose than we do .
16 Now they look to have a side which could go all the way for the first time .
17 And they happen to have a bill they ca n't pay .
18 The key to social satisfaction is in meeting like-minded people with a mutual interest — whether or not they happen to have a hearing loss is incidental .
19 The hardworking Richard Webster and the busy Emyr Lewis had been knocked backwards time and again , whenever they try to have a go at the French .
20 1784 " The Meeting considering that there is now no Charity Schoolmaster in the Parish of Kildaltan , and Therefore the four pounds yearly for said Schoolmaster falls , and the Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan having represented that they wish to have a fund for Purchasing Communion Tables & furms , and that four pounds sterl. will be necessary for that purpose , … agree to stent themselves for the sd. four pounds for this year . "
21 stuff on it and they have to have a pin number , so you put your pin number in and then it tells you exactly how many copies your pin number has copied
22 They have to have a lot of rules built in .
23 but she had , they have to have a fence built from the back garden , because there 's , there 's an opening from the back garden and it 's onto the drive and then it 's onto the road , even though it is a quiet road
24 No , well the key point is the key point is that they they have to have a period during which they have a track record of running those separate businesses , so that bidders will know the basis on which their bidding , now if if the franchising director , it 's entirely his decision , decides that er he 's not getting competitive enough bids or good enough bids , then yes British Rail would carry on , and this was clear right from the outset , would carry on running that particular
25 They need to have a reason to give up the abuse and want to live . ’
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