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have a baby ( = ‘give birth’)
have difficulty in... -ing have trouble ... -ing
have a nervous breakdown
In these structures, we make questions and negatives with do. Gotis not
used. Progressive forms are possible. Contractions of have are not used.
Did you have a good holiday?
‘What are you doing?’ ‘I’m having a bath.’
| have lunch at 12.30 most days. (NOT Fwetuner ...)

155 have + object + verb form

We often use the structure | have + object + verb form
It’s nice to have people smile at you in the street.
We'll soon have your car going.

We use | ! won't have + object + verb form | to say that we refuse to

allow or accept something.
! won't have you telling me what to do.
! won't have people talk to me like that.

We use | have + object + past participle | with a passive meaning, to

talk about jobs which are done for us by other people.
| must have my shoes repaired.
Lucy had her eyes tested yesterday, and she needs glasses.
For similar structures with got, see 143.

156 have (got) to

We use | have (got) infinitive | to talk about obligation.
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The meaning is similar to must.
Sorry, ’ve got to go now.
Do you often have to travel on business?
The forms with got are common in an informal style in present-tense
verb forms. (See 153.2.) Compare:
I’ve got to go to London tomorrow.
! had to go to London yesterday. (NOT thad-getie ... )
We do not use got-forms to talk about habits or repeated obligations.
Compare:
I’ve got to write a financial report tomorrow.
I have to write financial reports at the end of every month.
For the difference between have (got) to and must, and between haven't got to,
don't have to, mustn'tand needn't, see 209.