having it made

Example Sentences

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I surmise, from her having it made permanent in ink, that people have, perhaps, underestimated her in the past.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2019

After having impulsively decided to buy it, I then had to undergo the lengthy and extremely uncomfortable—not to say costly—process of having it made.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2016

After patenting the wrench in 2005, Mr. Brown formed a company, LoggerHead Tools, to bring it to market, making a point of having it made in the United States.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2012

Nay, she insisted upon ordering it from her own milliner, and having it made of the most beautiful lace—the "sweetest" old lady's cap that could possibly be invented.

From Mistress and Maid by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

The only way I could secure one was by having it made for me, which a blian is quite willing to do.

From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Lumholtz, Carl