have occasion for
Example Sentences
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Thus you will spare yourself, and spare the family, the inconvenience of applying to them whenever you have occasion for pen, ink, paper, &c.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
Bide thee!" exclaimed the dame in a shrill voice—"I have occasion for you.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
I have occasion for a guard: will you pledge me your honour to become an honest man, and I will make you my lieutenant?”
From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by Paul P. de La Gironière
Depend upon it, your children will have occasion for all your economy.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Abigail Adams
The Public Documents of our own country and of England, afford models for those of you who shall have occasion for them, as members of the "Corps Diplomatique."
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
