Example sentences of "having [pers pn] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These are almost all the people who are here , except for a few who could n't walk , but I 'm having them moved to the ward nearest here . ’ |
| 2 | SERB warlords were last night warned to keep their planes away from Bosnia or risk having them blasted out of the sky . |
| 3 | His supervisor , engineering and operational research lecturer Jean Tunnicliffe-Wilson , says much of the satisfaction is not only in suggesting ideas but having them tested in practice . |
| 4 | His supervisor engineering and operational research lecturer Jean Tunnicliffe-Wilson , says much of the satisfaction is not only in suggesting ideas but having them tested in practice . |
| 5 | The hallkeeper will be asked to make an inventory of such goods and discuss with the school janitors the possibility of having them stored somewhere within the schools ‘ premises . |
| 6 | He was still there right up until the moment of the shooting , because Michael Banks , who did n't know his lines , was still delivering them correctly and therefore still having them fed to him . |
| 7 | The type of counselling advocated in this article and on most training courses is patient-centred and non-directive ; it enables people to make their own decisions and find their own solutions , rather than having them imposed by ‘ the specialist ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Decisions are best when everyone contributes rather than having them imposed from above . |
| 9 | Mr Vernon Malcolm , managing director of the company which supplies parts for Nissan , said most of his employees were paid at least £3.40 an hour , but he needed to be able to set his own rates of pay rather than having them imposed by government . |
| 10 | The acquisition of grave-clothes did not need to wait until death , and many a young bride-to-be , especially in the more remote country areas , included such items in their trousseaus , either buying them ready-made from one of the known outlets , or having them made by a local seamstress , or producing them herself . |
| 11 | There is also a far greater chance of tackling the issues the schools feels are important and not having them lost in the large number of demands from outside . |
| 12 | ‘ The unit assures us that the decision to have frozen meals delivered to disabled and elderly people , instead of having them prepared in the person 's house by a home help , is not a money saving measure , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Next comes grandson William Gylby , wealthy London lawyer who made great strides , increasing the size of the island to over 1,500 acres by his death in 1744 , and having the dubious distinction of attempting to reduce the troublesome rat population by having them killed , dressed and offered up to his tenants and workmen to eat . |
| 14 | From the little Patrick had told her , and from what she already knew of the woman , she knew Madam Lundy was quite capable of having them killed as a lesson . |
| 15 | However he also reveals his own cunning ( very much like Claudius ' ) when on the ship to England by changing the letters of instruction and having them killed : a punishment for those who tried to deceive him and a warning to Claudius . |
| 16 | If they are not mounted , we can perhaps discuss procedures for having them mounted , probably using the services of our own Preservation Division . |
| 17 | A similar view of the importance of social movements is taken by Touraine ( 1973 ) in his account of the Popular Unity Government of Salvador Allende in Chile where , he argues , the activities and influence of a variety of movements within the governing coalition made it possible for the poor to express their grievances directly and continuously , instead of having them diverted ( and perhaps stifled ) in the official channels of a monolithic ruling party . |
| 18 | He had wanted children for years : not having them had been the one drawback to marrying late . |
| 19 | " " I am having them delivered , " answered El-ahrairah . |
| 20 | If aids or alterations such as handrails or alarm buttons are likely to be needed , the nurse may liaise with an occupational therapist and social worker about having them supplied . |
| 21 | Anyone who after time purchases goods from the defendant therefore runs the risk of having them seized by the sheriff . |
| 22 | It seems that for some time the firm had been issuing such promissory notes and having them endorsed by its local bank in Bihać ( where , incidentally , the partisans held the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the Liberation of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 23 | At the same time , the additional possibility is not excluded that some of the crimes may have been chosen for the ‘ allegations ’ because individuals in high places had vested interests in having them pinned on persons other than the real culprits . |
| 24 | A church with some of the finest stained glass windows in the country is having them restored . |
| 25 | He foresaw no problem in having them returned to Bremen , and that they would not be the subject of discussion at future sessions of the Russian-German Commission for the return of art treasures . |
| 26 | As I sit here with my cardigan sleeves rolled up , I reflect on the two alternatives — having them unrolled and falling over the typewriter keys or ignoring the instructions and making the sleeves a more suitable length in the first place . |
| 27 | Its major business area will be reviewing the ‘ appropriateness ’ of bank charges with a view to having them reduced . |
| 28 | The main reason for using a Statutory Demand is not to drive your debtor into insolvency , which helps no one , but rather to bring pressure to bear on having accounts paid and having them paid quickly . |
| 29 | Nearly half of these had their contributions paid in whole or part by their employers , a third having them paid in full . |
| 30 | He 's an uptight devil , only interested in giving orders and having them obeyed . |