What is the meaning of these sentences?

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Hello,Could you tell me what each of them exactly mean?He got a new car. He has it finished.He'll get it finished. He got working on that.The wiring got fixed  He got working on that .I got him going on that.He had us dancing/dance on the table  He got us dancing/to dance on the table.I had him see his advisor about that.I got him to see his advisor about that.She has  got me spendingShe has me spendingShe got me spending.I had him see/seeing  his advisor about that.

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1. This means he purchased a new car.
2. This means he has completed "it," whatever "it" is (for example, a test, a report, a term paper, a project, etc.).
3. This means the speaker is confident that the person ("he") will complete "it," whatever "it" is.
4. This means that he started to work on "that," whatever "that" is. The implication here is that he perhaps had to have some prodding in order to get started on it, or that he delayed somewhat in starting on it.
5. This means that someone fixed the wiring that needed repair.
6. This is the same as number 4.
7. This means that the speaker is taking credit for getting him started on that, whatever that is.
8. "dancing": This means he somehow got us to get up on the table and start dancing on it. This might also be used figuratively to mean he made up very happy, so that we, on our own, might have jumped up on the table and started dancing. "dance": This means that he ordered us to dance on the table.
9. "dancing": This means the same thing as number 8, dancing; however, there is no figurative sense here. "to dance": This means the same thing as "dancing."
10. This means you ordered him to see his advisor about that, whatever that is.
11. This means that you suggested to him that he see his advisor about that, and he followed your suggestion and saw his advisor.
12. This means she has somehow influenced me to spend money.
13. This means more or less the same thing as number 11.
14. This means that sometime in the past she influenced me to spend money.
15. "see": This is the same as number 10. "seeing": This means you ordered him to see his advisor about that, and he saw the advisor, for an extended period of time.

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