HAVE in a Sentence

Learn HAVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for HAVE, such as:
1. Words have a magical power.
2. I am sorry for what I have done.
3. I have many things to support me.
4. I have no pity for either of them.
5. You must have gone to church once.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of HAVE
have
 v.  have a personal or business relationship with someone
 v.  receive willingly something given or offered
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I have been glancing into some of the rooms.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  "Oh, let's have fun," she begged him.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  You must have gone to church once.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
4  'Come on have some lunch with me,' I sid.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  "We have wronged each other," answered he.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
6  What art can do, I have exhausted on him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
7  I have no such power as thou tellest me of.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
8  You have deeply and sorely repented.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
9  This is what I believe to have happened.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
10  You have no ambition, I well know.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
11  Her sufferings have been very severe.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30
12  I have no pity for either of them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
13  I have known it these four months.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
14  I have many things to support me.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37
15  The guns have been going since dark, about.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  We may have to take military action.
2  Birds have the inborn ability to fly.
3  You must have misread the address.
4  I have to blush to admit that thing.
5  African elephants have bigger ears.
6  Truth and roses have thorns about them.
7  The jury have come to an agreement.
8  We have a formidable task ahead of us.
9  I have to finish the task ahead of time.
10  Words have a magical power.
11  Drunken days have all their tomorrows.
12  We have already advised you by cable.
13  I am pleased that you have a new job.
14  I am sorry for what I have done.
15  She didn't have any maternal instincts.