Example sentences of "[adv] have a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he particularly look at what the French are doing in terms of tax concessions to encourage the viability of such an environmentally friendly fuel , and will he perhaps have a word with our right hon. Friend the Chancellor on that subject ? |
| 2 | I think if the committee did that then we 'd be back to what five or six years ago , when a whole afternoon was spent on that and I would n't commend that to you , but can we perhaps have a word with the officers at a later stage , take it on board what both Graham and Anne have been saying , and obviously not trying to do that in a meeting like this but try to prepare for it a month before-hand . |
| 3 | ‘ You had better have a word with my husband , ’ Mrs Smith said , and indicated that they should go through into the drawing-room . |
| 4 | Better have a word with her about the domestic arrangements . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd better have a word , ’ said the Brigadier , withdrawing his head and opening the door . |
| 6 | Yes , as soon as I hear from the Factory , we 'd better have a word with Mr James Pegg . ’ |
| 7 | I thought I 'd better have a word with you about the incredibly clever trick-ending . |
| 8 | You 'd better have a word with him . |
| 9 | I 'd better have a word with him . |
| 10 | " Why not have a word with the director ? " |
| 11 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll just have a word with him , Chief Inspector . |
| 13 | So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on . |
| 14 | But first I must just have a word with you about … ’ |
| 15 | Nobody wanted to stroke a Gnome , except perhaps another Gnome , He thought he might just have a word with Caspar to see if Fenella could be brought along to his , Inchbad 's , bed that very night . |
| 16 | Let me just have a word with |
| 17 | I 'll just have a word with my chief accountant |
| 18 | But we 'll just have a word with Anna-Lee and if , I think you know , she 'll say what 's it concerning and if I 'm not there well she can put them through to you . |
| 19 | I mean … could I possibly have a word with you ? ’ |
| 20 | Further to that supplementary question , will the Minister also have a word with the planners about hotel accommodation , especially in the County Antrim area , and find out why so many obstacles are being put in the way of hoteliers who want to improve their facilities ? |
| 21 | He 's practically crippled that oldest lad of his , and him not ten yet , and she wo n't have a word said against him . |
| 22 | He blamed Rose , and would n't have a word said against William . |