Example sentences of "i have a right [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do I have a right to pursue the person who drops litter , using its return as an excuse for expressing my anger ? |
| 2 | I think I would be a very different person now if orange juice and milk and dinners at school had n't told me , in a covert way , that I had a right to exist , was worth something . |
| 3 | I had a right to know , a right ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He 's my boy — I 've a right to know what 's become of him ! ’ |
| 5 | I think I 've a right to know why . ’ |
| 6 | That means that I have a right to access to your house . |
| 7 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 8 | Erm as a private individual I have a right to inherit my father 's house when he dies . |
| 9 | I have a right to say no . |
| 10 | The spirit of the age is , ‘ I have needs and I have a right to have my needs met ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ I have a right to protect my wife and family , ’ he said in a blustering way . |
| 12 | I have a right to know what goes on behind my back . ’ |
| 13 | But paradoxically the public right-to-know argument , which may be a pure power argument for involvement in decision making or an argument just to know what has been decided ( and why ) , may conflict fundamentally with the individual right to know argument which may say , ‘ I have a right to know information and decisions about me and to prevent anyone else from knowing ’ — the confidentiality argument ( or one of them ) . |
| 14 | ‘ Surely I have a right to know that at least ? ’ |