konstrukcja to have sth done

Have something done

Siudy this ocamplc situarion:

LISA

The roof of Lisa‘s housc was damaged in a storm. Yestcrday a workman ca me and repaircd rt.

Lisa had the roof repaircd yesterday.

This nteans: Lisa arranged for somebody cłsc 10 repair ihc roof. She didn't repair it hersełf.

Wc usc havc tomething donc to *ay that we arrange for somebody elsc to do something for us. Compare:

J Lisa repaircd the roof. (= she repaircd it herselfl

Lisa had rhc roof repaircd. |* she arranged for somebody else 10 repair it)

C ‘Did you make those curtains yoursclf?' ‘Yes, I enjoy making things.'

■|>id you have those curtains madę?” 'No. I madę łbem mysdf.’

Be careful with word order. The past pariutpU Ircpaired/cut etc.) is after the objtet: havc objęci    pasł partuiple

Lisa had	rhc roof	repaired yesterday.
Where did you havc	your hair	Oli?
Your hair looks nicc. Hast you had	it	cut?
Our neighbour has just had	a garage	built.
Wc arc łiasńig	the housc	painted at the moment.
How often do you have	your car	sersieed?
1 think you shnuld hast	that coat	cleaned.
1 don't likc having	my photogtaph	taken.

Gct something done

You can also say 'ge« something done' instead of ‘hast somcthuig done' Imainly in informa spoken English):

C Wbcn are you going to gct the roof repaircd? (= have the roof repaircd)

C I think you thould gct your hair cut really short.

Sometimcs have something done has a different meaning. For examp!e:

C Paul and Karen had all their money stolca whilc they were on holiday.

This docs not mcan that they arranged for somebody to steal their money. 'They had all th| money stolen' mcans only: 'All their morscy was stolen from them'.

With this meaning, we usc havc something donc to say that something happens to someb their belongings. Usually what happens is not nicc:

C Gary had his nosc broken in a fight. (- hts nose was broken)

C Have you ever lud your passport stolen?