Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [det] words " in BNC.
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| 1 | The example about Sally shows clearly that the warning takes the form of a repeated instruction , said firmly , using the same words as originally used . |
| 2 | He held out the salver to Galvone who took the sheet , unfolded it , read the few words on the paper and handed it to Hauser . |
| 3 | But they mean something entirely different but they say the same words . |
| 4 | At the height of his troubles we had a similar conversation … only the boot was on the other foot and I just used the same words back to him . |
| 5 | Okay we changed a few words just to fit the words we could find , but yes , we , we had about a minute at the end , we read it through , and yes , it was fine . |
| 6 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
| 7 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |
| 8 | What d' ya think if someone says they want a few words with you what d' ya think 's going to happen ? |
| 9 | there were n't many that sort , that felt the way I did , I mean I hated him , I really did and when he turned round and he said ooh Keith wants a few words I said to Elaine , look shit 's gon na be it , |
| 10 | Though I read no sympathy in his face or mouth , I found a few words to offer . |
| 11 | Here and there the doctor had added a few words . |
| 12 | She caught a few words but did not hear Fru Gertlinger say , ‘ It would be best to say nothing , I think . |
| 13 | She caught a few words : marsh , explosion , death . |
| 14 | For the past six years , however , she had done little more than declare things open , or say a few words of thanks in public . |
| 15 | And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes . |
| 16 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
| 17 | Looking the picture of misery and helplessness , he snatched a few words with me as I waited to go in . |
| 18 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 19 | With or without management , Gatfield has a few words of warning for up-and-coming hopefuls determined to make an impression on record company A&R people . |
| 20 | Neither speaks French or German but one has a few words of English , so he sits in the front . |
| 21 | 6.5 and 20 ; the Hebrew uses the same words in each case ) confirms this interpretation . |
| 22 | She had dropped stitches continually in her knitting ( she was knitting a yellow angora sweater for Victoria ) and started whenever the shop-bell jangled or the parakeet muttered a few words to itself . |
| 23 | He muttered a few words and his companions chuckled . |
| 24 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 25 | I think she may even have said a few words to it . |
| 26 | Well I 've said a few words about the Soviet Union but I would like to add that our programme of assistance to the Soviet Union and to other countries in central and Eastern Europe , while it 's had to grow rapidly in response to the urgent needs of reg region , it does not it has not grown and will not grow in any way er which will undermine our commitment to the developing world and er perhaps on that note I might turn to Africa . |
| 27 | At the reception desk , he murmured a few words to the elaborately uniformed commissionaire and was shown respectfully towards the lift . |
| 28 | I turned it over , glanced at the Hungarian stamp , and read the few words I had scribbled to Stephanie , only three weeks earlier . |
| 29 | Even if he had used the same words , his non verbal communication in the two situations would have conveyed a very different attitude . |
| 30 | American English may use the same words as ‘ English ’ English , but with a different meaning . |