Sentence examples for having a warrant from inspiring English sources

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Having a warrant for his arrest issued after he tried to steal furniture from his hotel room in character as Borat (he thought the bill was so high that it included the furnishings).

"If they want to fight their cases, they risk coming to court one day and never returning home; if they take a plea, they risk damaging their chances of staying in this country; and if they don't come, they risk having a warrant issued for failure to appear".

But n.b., Davies sometimes implies that the antecedent would have the *premises actually having a warrant, besides being granted one.

No joke, I was days away from having a warrant out for my arrest because I missed jury duty.

* Being in prison in any country for an offence punishable with imprisonment for at least 12 months, being under sentence of death, or having been accused or convicted of an offence punishable with at least 12 months' imprisonment and having a warrant of arrest relating to the offence in force.

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"Gotta have a warrant!

They had a warrant.

They did not have a warrant.

"I had a warrant for a FTA [failure to appear].

"Interpol has a warrant out for my arrest.

They had a warrant out for his arrest.

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