English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Have" in Example Sentences
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1029550	Tom calculated that he had given Mary over 34,000 dollars in the past six months.	CK	1
1095202	Tom could have paid for Mary's ticket if he'd known she didn't have enough money.	CK	1
3281741	Tom didn't want to waste any more time calculating how much time had been wasted.	CK	1
1202235	Tom thought the teacher had given him way too much homework to finish in one day.	CK	1
1027574	I doubt that Tom had to sell his car in order to raise money for medical expenses.	CK	1
2042918	I figured you wouldn't want the teacher to know you hadn't done your homework yet.	CK	1
2042919	I know you probably don't want to go out with me, but I'd love to go out with you.	CK	1
953539	I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.	CK	1
2406266	I see you have your guitar with you. Are you planning on playing something for us?	CK	1
3281742	I'd rather not waste my time trying to learn a language that I don't need to know.	CK	1
1229007	I'm putting myself through school, so I can't have things that are that expensive.	CK	1
909575	The more time I spend doing this, the less time I have to do things I enjoy doing.	CK	1
1029897	Tom and Mary are planning to have a house built after they have their first child.	CK	1
1106111	Tom contacted me the other day asking me if I'd play guitar for a charity concert.	CK	1
1095041	Tom couldn't think of Mary without remembering how painful their breakup had been.	CK	1
2426065	Even though Tom has had way too much to drink already, he's ordering another drink.	CK	1
2739909	Even though Tom has never even tried eating one, he says he doesn't like kiwifruit.	CK	1
2308122	I could have stayed a while longer, but I was getting tired, so I decided to leave.	CK	1
953475	I have many friends who speak fluently, but still don't sound like native speakers.	CK	1
2042920	I still have a lot of questions I want to ask you about your relationship with Tom.	CK	1
909576	The more time you spend talking about what you do, the less time you have to do it.	CK	1
1029592	Tom became tired of always having to pay the bill every time he went out with Mary.	CK	1
1095469	Tom certainly had plenty of opportunities to go to concerts while he was in Boston.	CK	1
1095317	Tom certainly wouldn't be anywhere near as rich as he is if he hadn't married Mary.	CK	1
1094968	Tom decided that it wasn't necessary to take the medicine the doctor had given him.	CK	1
1526416	Tom looked at his watch and saw that he only had five minutes left until lunchtime.	CK	1
1092544	Tom wanted Mary to talk to John about the problem she was having with his children.	CK	1
2424280	Considering how long I've been studying French, I should be able to speak it better.	CK	1
2331757	I had to attend a meeting so I couldn't make it in time to pick Tom up after school.	CK	1
1065049	I haven't heard anything from him since then. I wonder what in the world he's doing.	CK	1
953517	I know you've been waiting a long time, but could you wait just a little bit longer?	CK	1
953661	I thought we had eaten everything in the house, but I found another box of crackers.	CK	1
887014	She bought him a dog. However, he was allergic to dogs, so they had to give it away.	CK	1
1029962	Tom and Mary adopted two children whose parents had been killed by a suicide bomber.	CK	1
2494729	Tom and Mary were speaking in French, so I had no idea what they were talking about.	CK	1
1094499	Tom doesn't have many clothes. That's why you always see him wearing the same thing.	CK	1
1514940	Tom wanted to stick around to see what would happen. Unfortunately, he had to leave.	CK	1
1830371	After Tom had eaten everything on his plate, he asked Mary if he could eat her salad.	CK	1
1160865	Even though Tom just had his fortieth birthday, I don't think he's over the hill yet.	CK	1
1214981	I'm reading things like famous novels which have been rewritten in simplified French.	Chrikaru	1
1029777	Tom and Mary were too busy yelling at each other to notice that I'd entered the room.	CK	1
1025536	Tom had to have his stomach pumped because he had accidentally eaten some rat poison.	CK	1
1027543	I heard that Tom had been smuggling drugs into America for years before he got caught.	CK	1
1094648	Tom didn't think he had a chance to succeed, but he at least wanted to give it a shot.	CK	1
1877474	Tom has been trying to get Mary to marry him ever since he graduated from high school.	CK	1
1042557	Tom thought that there was a good chance that it was Mary who had stolen the painting.	CK	1
1847733	Tom told the police that Mary had eaten at the restaurant in question before she died.	CK	1
2220870	I don't think I've ever done anything that would cause my parents to want to punish me.	CK	1
1096210	I imagine that Tom will eventually find out that Mary has been talking behind his back.	CK	1
1887751	I think we should all be worried a little bit about the way Tom has been acting lately.	CK	1