have + OBJECT + INFINITIVE

Point 39 in the category of PASSIVES is defined as:

‘have’ + object + infinitive without ‘to’ to talk about asking or causing someone to do something, often in formal contexts

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1 HAVE YOU BELIEVE 5396

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Amazon would have you believe that it was the first e-commerce website on the internet.

*Note all the Google News examples had ‘would’ preceding ‘have you believe’.

2 HAVE US BELIEVE 3608
3 HAVE YOU COME 3383
4 HAVE YOU JOIN 2027
5 HAD IT HAPPEN 1830
6 HAVE THEM WRITE 1605
7 HAVE THEM COME 1413
8 HAVE THEM TAKE 1407
9 HAVE THEM MAKE 1331
10 HAVE YOU KNOW 1210
11 HAVE IT WORK 1185
12 HAVE YOU RUN 1035
13 HAVE THEM GO 994
14 HAVE IT COME 905
15 HAVE IT GO 897
16 HAVE THEM LOOK 837
17 HAVE THEM WORK 812
18 HAVE THEM USE 776
19 HAVE THEM SEND 714
20 HAVE THEM CHECK 700
21 HAS IT BECOME 643
22 HAVE IT LOOK 630
23 HAVE THEM SIGN 623
24 HAVE IT HAPPEN 623
25 HAVE THEM GET 576
26 HAVE THEM TRY 576
27 HAVE HIM JOIN 573
28 HAVE WE BECOME 566
29 HAVE YOU THINK 540
30 HAVE THEM CREATE 538
31 HAVE SOMEONE TAKE 526
32 HAVE HIM COME 521
33 HAVE THEM DRAW 502
34 HAVE THEM PLAY 483
35 HAVE THEM HELP 475
36 HAVE HIM TAKE 456
37 HAVE THEM SIT 454
38 HAVE YOU SIGN 454
39 HAS IT OWN 444
40 HAVE THEM SHOW 442
41 HAVE IT APPEAR 442
42 HAVE SOMEONE HELP 440
43 HAVE YOU TAKE 440
44 HAVE IT SHOW 435
45 HAVE THEM JOIN 430
46 HAVE WE COME 427
47 HAVE YOU BECOME 426
48 HAVE HIM GO 362
49 HAVE I COME 362
50 HAVE THEM GIVE 362
51 HAVE IT TAKE 360
52 HAVE THEM ADD 352
53 HAVE THEM CALL 351
54 HAVE THEM TELL 349
55 HAVE YOU VISIT 349
56 HAVE YOU GO 346
57 HAVING THEM COME 341
58 HAS IT COME 330
59 HAVE THEM FILL 324
60 HAVING YOU JOIN 320
61 HAVE YOU SHARE 293
62 HAVE THEM FIND 292
63 HAVE I THINK 284
64 HAVING IT GO 268
65 HAVING THEM TAKE 266
66 HAVE YOU STOP 258
67 HAVE YOU SEE 252
68 HAVE THEM CONTACT 251
69 HAD ME TAKE 248
70 HAVE THEM PICK 244
71 HAVE YOU READY 244
72 HAVE YOU OVERCOME 242
73 HAVING THEM GO 241
74 HAVE THEM SAY 239
75 HAVE HER JOIN 239
76 HAD SOMEONE ASK 237
77 HAVE THEY COME 236
78 HAD SOMEONE TELL 235
79 HAVE THEM SHARE 227
80 HAVE IT TURN 224
81 HAVE I BECOME 218
82 HAVE THEM PLACE 218
83 HAVE THEM RUN 214
84 HAD IT COME 210
85 HAVE THEM COMPLETE 210
86 HAVE IT MAKE 209
87 HAVE THEM BRING 207
88 HAVE THEM STAND 202
89 HAVE THEM START 201
90 HAD ME COME 199
91 HAD THEM TAKE 199
92 HAVE SOMEONE HOLD 196
93 HAVING IT COME 194
94 HAVE THEM EXPLAIN 193
95 HAD THEM MAKE 193
96 HAVE THEM HOLD 190
97 HAD I THINK 188
98 HAVE US THINK 186
99 HAVE IT GET 182
100 HAD THEM COME 179



There aren’t many nouns!

1 HAD PEOPLE TELL 749
2 HAVE PEOPLE COME 691
3 HAD PEOPLE COME 492
4 HAD PEOPLE ASK 486
5 HAD PEOPLE SAY 409
6 HAVE PEOPLE ASK 175
7 HAVE PEOPLE TELL 128
8 HAVE PEOPLE LIKE 126

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