Example sentences of "[prep] a few words " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 2 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |
| 3 | At this point I could have gone home , foreseeing a frustrating week ahead full of missed takes ; nevertheless after a few words ( all unprintable ) from Rick the cat rod was recast for a third time . |
| 4 | Certain structural aspects of HARPY 's finite-state network allows many hypotheses to be eliminated after a few words . |
| 5 | They waited as she answered it , then , after a few words , she put the instrument back and grinned triumphantly . |
| 6 | So after a few words , he says , Oh well , right I 'll put you through as yard foreman from next week . |
| 7 | His note consisted of a few words , impersonal , noncommittal , on a tiny scrap of paper written with a burned matchstick . |
| 8 | ‘ The pretense that the constant repetition of a few words constitutes a story becomes an insult to the child 's intelligence ’ ( ibid , p.221 ) . |
| 9 | in Director of Public Prosecutions v. Byrne [ 1991 ] R.T.R. 119 , 125 , all based , as it seems to me , on a misreading of a few words in an earlier judgment as enunciating a proposition which simply can not stand with the statutory language . |
| 10 | Frequently the plan of a few words may be the first thing that comes into a student 's head or more ominously the only thing in the student 's head ! |
| 11 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 12 | This is an appropriate place , perhaps , for a few words about the use of roses for hedging and screening . |
| 13 | With the font world in a state of turmoil following the Apple/Microsoft deal it 's time for a few words about maintaining standards . |
| 14 | For most words in any given language , the variation in form will adhere to some regular pattern ; for a few words the variation will be irregular or only partly regular . |
| 15 | Erm , then we all just worked at getting pieces out on paper , all that was going fine , and then I assigned two more people to stick all the pieces together and trying to create sentences from it , and I think the only time that I , we lost it was like , right at the end we were like looking for a few words to make our sentences make sense . |
| 16 | The item below that is the shortfall in planning application fees , this is application fees for er mineral extraction applications which are , these are set as a statutory charge erm we 've picked up in the budget monitoring reports which have been to previous committees that the from this source has been falling off , as a few words explain that in this paragraph . |
| 17 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 18 | She later embellished it with a few words about my inability to dance again — which I 'd never indulged in — and proposed that the girls would be driven even further away . |
| 19 | With a few words a woman can give meaning to a whole day 's struggle , and a man will be very grateful . |
| 20 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 21 | These contrast with a few words which suggest a faint potential disturbance of the underlying calmness : animated , glitter , gleams , ripple . |
| 22 | There was another knock on the door ; a signal that the T'ang acknowledged with a few words of Mandarin . |
| 23 | In which there 'd be a picture and a description with a few words . |
| 24 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 25 | So why could Dr Neil , with a few words and a sidelong look , lance her indignation so easily , compel her to reassess herself and life ? |
| 26 | The Chairman opened a well-attended meeting with a few words about the gratifying growth and vigour shown by the Society in its first year . |
| 27 | If you choose to , you can blow this whole thing sky-high , just with a few words to the wrong people . ’ |
| 28 | With a few words of explanation Sophie made the introduction and as they walked together into the house her godmother said , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've got some news which wo n't please you , but first of all I want to hear yours . ’ |
| 29 | This may vary from a few words exchanged over the garden fence , to visits which last all day . |
| 30 | It will look at the entirety of the obligations undertaken by the firm and determine the nature of the relationship from the whole contract construed in the light of its commercial context rather than from a few words in the contract . |