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‘Persons may have a brass.’

[⟨det (plur person.n)⟩ have.v ⟨det brass.n⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

You could hear them shouting, cheering, and singing alongside their own brass & drums band from the start to the finish of the match.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

) Following Hurricane Katrina and the devastation wrought upon New Orleans, The Hot 8 became the featured band in the SAVE OUR BRASS! relief project, which brought music to evacuee shelters, temporary trailer parks, and communities that have reached out to New Orleanians.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In fact he makes us share the terrible intimacy of these soldiers in their very uncomfortable underground bunkers and tunnels as they wait for the American attack and progressively realize that they will all die in the name of the Emperor, but also for a stupid lack of intelligent strategy and rationale on the part of their top military brass.
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In Wikipedia:

Golden Corral’ “is an American family – style restaurant chain that features a large buffet and grill offering numerous hot and cold items, a carving station and their Brass Bell Bakery.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They were playing their brass and it was overwhelmingly beautiful.
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In Wikipedia:

Any slight increase in initial cost is more than equalized by the decreased cost of firing reloaded rounds, at least for users who reuse their brass (reloading ammunition can save as much as 85–90 % compared with new factory rounds.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We have some serious brass from around the division participating in this event.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We have some serious brass from around the division participating in this event.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Despite the artificiality of their implemented brass and string sections, Angtoria’s execution is smart – as – a – whip and streamlined within the overt drives and frequently wonderful melodies of their songs.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We have some serious brass from around the division participating in this event.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They were playing their brass and it was overwhelmingly beautiful.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“An’ I fancy their brass even more.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

We have some serious brass from around the division participating in this event.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Castle was deep in enemy territory, takes out their top brass and makes his way back.” “I could believe it.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The defence services in India and their top brass will never fight for a transparent, equitable and liberal exit policy till they can have the ruse of’ ’ national security’ ’.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

) Following Hurricane Katrina and the devastation wrought upon New Orleans, The Hot 8 became the featured band in the SAVE OUR BRASS! relief project, which brought music to evacuee shelters, temporary trailer parks, and communities that have reached out to New Orleanians.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

From early hours in the morning to late in the evening these young men and women are up shining their brass and boots, putting on their wool tunics to stand in the blazing sun all day, creating the atmosphere of a true running fort of the late 1800’s.
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In the British National Corpus:

The volume is high and the sounds of the military band with their brass and their drums rampage into the slumber of the men in the huts.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Our military brass seems to have forgotten that rule – one that I learned as a private in Basic Training – and a rule that American servicemembers have upheld for generations.
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Queried on 2013-05-24.