3 THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO YOU
We use have + object + past participle to describe
things that happen to us, often misfortunes. The
subject is the person who experiences what
happened:
I've had my car stolen. (Compare: My car was
stolen.)
He's had his application for citizenship turned down. ,
(Compare: His applicationfor citizenship has been
turned down.)
My mother's had her letter published in The Times.
(Compare: My mother's letter has been published in
The Times.)
In spoken English we can sometimes use get
instead of have:
She's got another letter published in The Times.
Note that sometimes only the context will identify
precise meaning. Consider:
They had theirfence pulled down. (= either: they
employed somebody to pul1 it down (causative); or
it was pulled down without their planning it, e.g.
by vandals.)
SOURCE: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY CAMBRIDGE ADVANCED AND PROFICIENCY
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