have (5): + object + verb form
Have can be followed by object + infinitive (without to), object + -ing, and object + past participle.
ffv causative: have somebody do/doing something
^ Have + object + infinitive can mean 'cause somebody to do something'. This m mostly used in American English, to talk about giving instructions or orders. I'm ready to see Mr Smith. Have him come in, please. The manager had everybody fill out a form. The structure with an -ing form can mean 'cause somebody to be doing b „ something' (BrE and AmE).
He had us laughing all through the meal. í For get + object + infinitive (meaning 'persuade somebody/something to do ; something'), see 224.2.
causative: have something done
J^Have + object + past participle can mean 'cause something to be done by sLsomebody else'. The past participle has a passive meaning. Ill   I must have my watch repaired, (= I want my watch to be repaired.) I'm going to have my hair cut this afternoon. »/ If you don't get out of my house I'll have you arrested. Get is used in a similar structure: see 224.3.
jj| experience: have something happen/happening
tip the structure have + object + infinitive/.. .ing, have can mean 'experience'. jihad a very strange thing happen to me when I was fourteen. We had a gipsy come to the door yesterday. It's lovely to have children playing in the garden again. I looked up and found we had water dripping through the ceiling. říote the difference between the infinitive in the first two examples (for things that happened), and the -ing form in the last two (for things that are/were ^happening). This is like the difference between simple and progressive tenses (see 461, 422). ►