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Examples
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No blame attached to him for the anti climax, however, despite his pre election tub thumping about have-a - go-heroes at the Labour Party conference.
I`m Alright Jack Newmania 2008
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Wrap a turd in any kind of brocade and you still have-a turd.
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Catherine was so taken by surprise that she did not know what to answer, and the lady repeated again, ‘Which would you rather have-a happy youth or a happy old age?’
The Pink Fairy Book 2003
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'I must have sounded like a spoilt child to you that night, going on about what I didn't have and never could have-a personal knowledge of my real father-when all the time you had no idea who your father or your mother really were!'
The Secret Virgin Mortimer, Carole 2002
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The hard part of disequilibrium growth is that we do not have-and it may be impossible to have-a really good theory of asset valuation under turbulent conditions. (1987 is an excellent year in which to make that observation!)
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"You have-a count of a hundred'to get away, " Urtho finished.
The Black Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1994
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"And we have-a nice big cage here'to make sure he is the one to answer them."
The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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"Brianna hasn't been there, but I have-a long time ago."
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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If he had, he would have seen-anyone would have-a much better and more efficient method of detecting neutrinos using a pseudo-gravitic field.
The Complete Stories Vol 1 Asimov, Isaac 1990
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There is one idea I have-a memory of an ancient kin - ship that we of Melnibone had for a being called Meer - clar.
The Bane of The Black Sword Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977
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