Example sentences of "[noun] have a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , Cadfael had a word with the porter before evening . |
| 2 | Will the Chancellor have a word with his Chief Secretary and tell him the facts of life , which are that the burden of taxation is much higher than it was in 1970 when the Labour party was in office ? |
| 3 | So when we got the council 's bloke to have a word with her , went to saw he a fortnight ago , and she 's moved today . |
| 4 | Well I think that we 've seen the erm tremendous growth in word processors , and this is erm an area which I feel will develop enormously , and it really would be quite possible for nearly every home to have a word processor within it . |
| 5 | On the way to the Staff Common Room Fenniway had a word with the constable who was taking up Pickerage 's lunch , so it was well into lunch break by the time Bill was called . |
| 6 | Jeffrey had a word with Serevi , who to Townsend 's bewilderment , appeared at his shoulder and asked for the Gala teenager 's autograph . |
| 7 | Each group has a word such as ‘ measurements ’ or ‘ recommendations ’ , and the object is to see how many other words can be made out of this . |
| 8 | Before the start , Seve Ballesteros had a word to say about the bookmakers tipping USA as winners . |
| 9 | ‘ The Secretary-General had a word with the hospital 's administrator who reluctantly agreed to make an exception in the Colonel 's case and waive the normal visiting hours . |
| 10 | So then Tom had a word with Chris and Chris insisted that he did it . |
| 11 | But then , do the French , Spanish or Italians have a word for it ? |
| 12 | Do the Greeks have a word for it ? |
| 13 | When Millington had a word with people they could take days to recover . |
| 14 | The Ancient Greeks had a word , ‘ hubris ’ , to refer to any human action that over-reached itself — of the kind that the Greeks regarded as an offence against the gods . |
| 15 | As usual , the Greeks had a word for it |
| 16 | Writers have sometimes brought in the phrase ‘ The Greeks had a word for it . ’ |
| 17 | The Greeks Had a Word For It was the title of a play by the American poet and playwright Zoe Akins , first produced in 1929 . |
| 18 | The reference was not sexual ; but in 1932 a film about three New York gold-diggers — forerunner of the Gold Diggers series and other movies — was called The Greeks Had a Word for Them . |
| 19 | Will the hon. Gentleman have a word with the Chairman and members of the Public Accounts Committee about that ? |
| 20 | Will my right hon. Friend have a word with our right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary about utilising the British information services to maximum effect , especially in north America , in the hope of cutting off the supply of money , sympathy and support for the sort of depraved attack that occurred on Saturday , and to show IRA sympathisers in America precisely what is happening ? |
| 21 | Any way have a word with Mrs have a word with Mrs look on the market for any thing uhum . |
| 22 | Fowler had taken the trouble to have a word with Richard Ryder in advance , and the Chief Whip had shown him a copy of Grunte 's confidential file . |
| 23 | To all these areas of human experience God had a word that was explicit and inescapable . |
| 24 | I think that John Hunt has a word from Chipping Norton . |
| 25 | If it 's a private job , then it 's only common courtesy to have a word with the owners of the house and ask if they mind you helping yourself to an old door , or whatever . |
| 26 | The big man had a word for everyone he met , and produced blushes and laughs from the serving maids in equal quantities . |
| 27 | The issue thus escalated : the chairman of the Municipal Committee ( the ‘ Mayor ’ ) received messages from the Food and Dairy Products Committee which he discussed with his Chief of Police , who in turn had a word with his subordinate . |
| 28 | The doctors have a word for that misery ; they call it anhedonia , which only means an inability to feel enjoyment , and that 's what it is , but it feels like hell , like true hell , and it 's a hell you ca n't even escape from in sleep because overdosing on cocaine gives you chronic insomnia . ’ |
| 29 | I took the opportunity to have a word with the Kentish Constabulary 's finest . |
| 30 | ‘ Jock Lewes had a word with us . |