English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Have" in Example Sentences
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320503	All this walking is killing the soles of my feet and my toes. I wonder if I have the right size shoes.	CM
2150564	My father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had the same name as I have.	galoosh33
954381	There have been a lot of complaints from students about the amount of homework that Mr. Jackson gives.	CK
3099012	To tell you the truth, my biggest worry is what Tom will do if he finds out that Mary has been killed.	CK
1093030	Tom said that he thought Mary wouldn't want to visit the place where her father had committed suicide.	CK
3315549	Tom was glad that he'd bought a bottle of wine with a screw cap, since he couldn't find his corkscrew.	CK
34017	Chris could not conceal his sadness when he heard that Beth had been unable to find his valuable watch.	CM
253490	Even though I have studied English at school for the past six years, I'm still not good at speaking it.	CK
847267	I never see a library without wishing I had time to go there and stay till I had read everything in it.	Source_Benedict_1921
953973	In retrospect, it may seem obvious that we shouldn't have been burning our trash so close to our house.	CK
264156	Next time I switch jobs, I need work that will let me make use of the experience I've gained up to now.	CM
60200	When I visited my hometown this summer, I found the city different from what it had been ten years ago.	CK
38395	I get the feeling you still have an axe to grind. If you've got something to say come on out and say it.	CM
847259	The world's greatest singers and most of its famous musicians have been fat or at least decidedly plump.	Source_Benedict_1921
62164	During the past several years, many Japanese have been either killed or injured while traveling overseas.	CK
246954	Pamela must have been at home when I tried to get in touch with her, but she didn't answer the telephone.	CK
1106931	Some superstitious people in America believe that if a black cat crosses your path, you'll have bad luck.	CK
3147924	The store where we used to buy those started charging outrageous prices, so we had to find another store.	CK
72814	The two men understood one another perfectly, and had a mutual respect for each other's strong qualities.	CM
1557017	I'd like to hold a staff meeting first thing tomorrow afternoon, so could you reserve the conference room?	brymck
3121609	Some soft drinks have very high sugar content and can cause obesity and tooth decay if consumed to excess.	patgfisher
1167467	We still have more than halfway to go to get to the top of the mountain. Are you really already exhausted?	CK
275795	What is important is not which university you've graduated from but what you've learned in the university.	papabear
2775319	"Do you not like Tom?" "It's not that I don't like him, I just have trouble dealing with people like him."	CK
694670	Incidentally, this room doesn't have anything like an air conditioner. All it has is a hand-held paper fan.	CK
954383	There have been a lot of complaints recently about drivers not obeying the speed limits in downtown Boston.	CK
3001442	Tom seemed particularly interested in that 1939 Gibson guitar we have hanging on the back wall of the shop.	CK
286327	I have a hard time seeing the logic of this latest decision of his. He just isn't as sharp as he used to be.	CM
953911	I've heard that eating one or two servings of fish a week will reduce your chances of getting heart disease.	CK
3054167	"Is that Tom calling again?" "Yes. He calls every evening these days. I shouldn't have given him my number."	WestofEden
31048	Hey, has this been sitting out on the dinner table all day? It has to go in the refrigerator or it'll go bad.	CM
286258	I don't think there is any excuse for his behavior. At the same time, we should listen to what he has to say.	CM
2458438	One morning, when I woke up, I found that all the bills in my wallet had changed into two-thousand yen bills.	CM
1398369	The mobile phone you have dialed is either switched off or outside the coverage area, please try again later.	alanood
3060476	Yesterday a friend of mine that I hadn't seen in years gave me a call out of the blue asking to borrow money.	trieuho
1855170	"You probably wouldn't like going camping with me." "You're wrong. In fact, I think I'd like that very much."	CK
1851425	A person will have the face of an angel when borrowing something, but the face of the devil when returning it.	CK
1934846	Before we begin, I'd just like to point out to everyone that we have to be very careful not to break anything.	CK
3132019	I've made a reservation at an izakaya near Shinjuku Station. It's all you can drink for 2 hours for 2,500 yen.	CK
954382	There have been a lot of complaints in the last few days about the amount of noise coming from your apartment.	CK
1164664	Even though we were supposed to meet at 10, I've had no contact with them. I wonder if they've had an accident.	CK
953472	I have a lot of friends who are native speakers, so I've had a lot of experience speaking with native speakers.	CK
3098975	Normally this wouldn't worry the pilot, but recently this kind of thing has been happening more and more often.	CK
3097351	When Tom was working on the dairy farm, he had to get up at five o'clock every morning to go and milk the cows.	patgfisher
1481975	Consider the successes that have been achieved by tired, discouraged people who decided to give it one more try.	pigeonenglish
38448	In the end, because of the disease, he became unable to walk and had to use a motorized wheelchair to get around.	CM
1103171	Did you know that in Japan, if you have a tattoo, you won't be allowed to bathe in many of the hot spring resorts?	CK
1969194	Everybody has a right to his own opinion. However, sometimes it's better not to tell anybody what that opinion is.	CK
2964178	Tom couldn't get his car insured because he had had six accidents in three years, all of which had been his fault.	patgfisher
282499	A buyers' market is a market in which goods are plentiful, buyers have a wide range of choices, and prices are low.	CM