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

I could not select a single spot in the neighborhood, favorable to quiet study, without having it made desolate or turned into a thoroughfare.

From In Nesting Time by Miller, Olive Thorne

Though I believe there was some mention of having it made out if I wished it, and—" "And you told them that any time next week, or next month, or next year would do!

From The Bread Line A Story of a Paper by Paine, Albert Bigelow