have occasion for
Example Sentences
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And pray let me have a good long letter, to let me know how you do; and if you have occasion for any thing, it is but ask and have.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
And significantly he added, "Though I do not know that it will ever be of the least importance to me, yet one loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard
If he should ever have occasion for a plan of the lands of his estate, he may have them correctly surveyed without studying geometry.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
I have had occasion for it I assure you Mr. Manly; and I have occasion for it at this very time.
From Next Door Neighbours A Comedy in Three Acts by Mrs. Inchbald
But the reason why he brought them, was because he thought Vortimer was yet living, and that he should have occasion for them against him, in case of an assault.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
