Example sentences of "have [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With your knowledge of sailing , Señor Louis , have me shot and you 'll float around out here the rest of your lives . ’ |
| 2 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
| 3 | The thing that 's suggested just to sort of er bring that round to you to you know rather than just have me speaking , is to suggest that er if I start a sentence er perhaps you know people could join in with the finish of that sentence , you know . |
| 4 | Apart from words denoting motion or process , which always have me reaching for my inverted commas ( ‘ give ’ , ‘ fall ’ , ‘ eat ’ , ‘ defecate ’ ) , the written language makes plain sense , unlike the spoken . |
| 5 | Why should you take her advice when you have me to turn to ? ’ |
| 6 | So I 'm afraid you 'll just have to contain your Aries impatience a little longer — unless , of course , you intend to call the porter and have me put out … ’ |
| 7 | And then er tie a cushion over the back bone of the bike and have me sitting er on on this cushion on the f bike in front of him . |
| 8 | It seems you have me weighed up , categorised and pigeon-holed all on the basis of the job I do . ’ |
| 9 | She wrote my mum a long letter saying that I was a Devil Child and the best thing my mum could do with me was have me exorcized . |
| 10 | ‘ You have me confused , Professor , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 11 | I think you have me confused with someone who gives a shit . ’ |
| 12 | She is opinionated , and can confidently predict that William Burroughs , whose books have me aching with boredom , will be read a hundred years from now . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose you 'll ring for your servants and have me thrown out ? ’ |
| 14 | You want to draft out the message , or have me do it ? ’ |
| 15 | He said I must do his bidding , or he would reveal the falsehood and have me imprisoned for fraud . |
| 16 | ‘ Have them cover that stag with the polythene and then drag the others together and burn them . |
| 17 | Soon she would herself be in the market for a new home , and , though she and Boyd could not hope to outdo a contractor like the Mayor building for himself , she could pick up a few ideas and have them incorporated into their new house in Vanier Heights . |
| 18 | Or , better , have them weighted down under the surface , so that even at low tide these shallow boats can pass over them , but deep-draught ships can not . |
| 19 | ‘ IOSCO wants to reach the point where there is one set of accounting standards and one set of auditing standards , so that companies which file their accounts in more than one jurisdiction only have to prepare one set of accounts and have them audited once , ’ said Auditing Practices Board secretary Robert Charlesworth . |
| 20 | The unit to be covered by a scheme does not have to be a company , which in itself is an advantage , but it has to have Companies Act-style accounts and have them audited , which could be expensive . |
| 21 | These are usually plumbed into the outflow from a filter , but some filters have them built in . |
| 22 | May we learn to appreciate its beauty and its comforts whilst we still have them to enjoy . |
| 23 | allusion to the legend of Sweeney Todd , ‘ the demon barber of Fleet Street ’ who was supposed to cut his customer 's throats , and then have them made up into meat pies . |
| 24 | Have them made fit for you when your mourning is laid by , and wear them for your good mistress 's sake . |
| 25 | So presumably if , if Staffordshire have them made and we get those three whizzed up to Caernarvon you know , the rest can sort of fit into place . |
| 26 | He says , Next time we have them to do at Dolgarrog we 'll send for you . |
| 27 | Originally intending to go on stage , drop ten poems and have them recorded for vinyl , Galliano have enlisted the help of former Style Council keyboardist Mick Talbot to come up with a calling card that bodes well for the future . |
| 28 | Yet , if he was honest , he found that when it came right down to it , he wanted to call the shots , not have them called . |
| 29 | Ah suspect not , in which case we 'll have to measure them up and have them flown out . |
| 30 | Maybe I 'd better wing out there right away and have them fix me up with a temporary . |