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Hawwe have as the missing verb following the non-finite complementiser
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The missing verb following the non-finite complementiser may be a copular verb such as hawwe have.

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The copular verb hawwe have can remain absent in the presence of the non-finite complementiser om for:

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a. Atsje mei der net oer om alle dagen spul mei de buorlju
Atsje may R not about for all days fight with the neighbours
Atsje does not like having a fight with her neighbours every day
b. Atsje mei der net oer om alle dagen spul mei de buorlju te hawwen
Atsje may R not about for all days fight with the neighbours to have
Atsje does not like having a fight with her neighbours every day

Idiomatic expressions containing a bare Adjective Phrase (AP) predicated of the direct object seem to resist the absence of the verb:

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a. *Ik bin net fan doel om it wer mis
I am not of purpose for it again wrong
I do not intend to be wrong again
b. Ik bin net fan doel om it wer mis te hawwen
I am not of purpose for it again wrong to have
I do not intend to be wrong again

The lexical choice of the direct object is also relevant, as examplified by the contrast below, which seems to differentiate between a bare noun, that is, a noun without an article, and a noun with an article:

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a. *Ik bin net fan doel om ea wer toarst
I am not of purpose for ever again thirst
I do not intend to be thirsty again
b. Ik bin net fan doel om ea wer in hûn
I am not of purpose for ever again a dog
I do not intend to ever have a dog again

Expansion of the noun without an article into a specific noun with an article is better, the more so if the idiomatic verb is overt in a relative clause to the noun:

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a. ?Ik bin net fan doel om ea wer sa'n toarst
I am not of purpose for ever again such.a thirst
I do not intend to ever be thirsty like that again
b. ?Ik bin net fan doel om ea wer de toarst dy't ik doe hie
I am not of purpose for ever again the thirst which I then had
I never want to be thirsty again, like I was then

In case the verb hawwe have functions as the verb of the perfect tense, it must be present:

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a. *It fielde goed om soks sein
it felt good for such.a.thing said
It felt good to have said such a thing
b. It fielde goed om soks sein te hawwen
he felt good for such.a.thing said to have
He was glad to have said such a thing
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