Example sentences of "[verb] a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barratt makes a helpless gesture , as if trying to catch a word out of the air . |
| 2 | That was why the small crowd of villagers stood near , to catch a word , an expression on her face , to touch her hand or sleeve . |
| 3 | we did translation , Xenophon , I do not know a word of it I do not think Greek alone makes me miserable , I am always miserable . |
| 4 | Upon being asked why he shed tears , he replied , ‘ It is indeed true that I do not know a word of the Gita . |
| 5 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 6 | They are quite certain I do n't know a word of Greek but even so they 're still very cautious . |
| 7 | So if you learn the words this way thinking well do I know a word that 's a bit like it and could I add a bit onto the end that 's another way another good way of learning cos you do n't have to learn class and classical and classic you just sort of learn one of them . |
| 8 | The father of a friend of mine who went to visit relatives in Paris told us that he did not know a word of French but spoke the Parmigiano dialect all the time and got on very well . |
| 9 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 10 | He treated the mad redhead as though she were a fellow-spirit , and she responded , until the moment when she finally admitted she was incapable of understanding a word he was saying . |
| 11 | I heard this with embarrassment , remembering how terribly bored and miserable I had been sitting there on a long hot afternoon , hardly understanding a word as chiefs and elders talked to our delegation in local dialect . |
| 12 | The former may need a word or two said about it . |
| 13 | If , for example , you changed a word to italic , the word-processor would record a mark before the italicised word indicating ‘ italic from now on ’ and a second mark after the italicised word so it knows to return the rest of the text to normal style . |
| 14 | This is an undesirable situation because a user of a script recognition system would not expect to write a word , and have it recognised as something which is not a word . |
| 15 | It means the teacher only has to write a word once , in the teacher 's book , instead of thirty-plus times , once in each child 's book . |
| 16 | She used to write a word or draw a picture when she wanted something , and we tried to discover what she meant . |
| 17 | In this case , speakers or writers start out with a semantic representation of what they want to say or write , and search for the corresponding phonological information ( enabling one to say a word ) or orthographical information ( enabling one to write a word . |
| 18 | Typically , a software developer might want to write a word processing program which will be compatible with another company 's spreadsheet program so that data and files can be passed between the two programs . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm sure I do n't know for what act of yours the Deity has seen fit to bless us with mounted Normans , and shiploads of mercenaries , and woods that burn in a trice , but you must have dropped a word somewhere that commended itself . ’ |
| 20 | Notice that , since the PDP-10 is a ( 36-bit ) word-oriented computer , the operand field specifies a word , and the half-word is specified in the operation code . |
| 21 | ‘ These middle-aged bachelors … anyway , do n't be surprised if Security want a word with you . |
| 22 | I want a word with them fellows . |
| 23 | ‘ I want a word with you , ’ he said , scowling . |
| 24 | Want a word … ? |
| 25 | I only want a word . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I want a word with ye , Gallagher . ’ |
| 27 | Want a word … ? |
| 28 | Want a word … ? |
| 29 | ‘ I want a word with you , Masklin ? ’ |
| 30 | Most PC users who want a word processor , spreadsheet or database already have one . |