Example sentences of "[noun sg] have a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Will the hon. Gentleman have a word with the Chairman and members of the Public Accounts Committee about that ? |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The big man had a word for everyone he met , and produced blushes and laughs from the serving maids in equal quantities . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I took the opportunity to have a word with the Kentish Constabulary 's finest . |
| 14 | Or , for instance , the floating roadway where traffic was going down on the barges to go across the river , it would be well worth any particular company to have a word with the officer on the floating roadway to let their vehicles through first . |
| 15 | Finally , in order to have a word with the silent Cis , I asked Elfed to fetch Richard , who had been awaiting in the kitchen the result of the meeting . |
| 16 | erm , I shall be there as far as I know and in the meantime have a word with mum and dad if they 're free |
| 17 | Any way have a word with Mrs have a word with Mrs look on the market for any thing uhum . |
| 18 | But please if you 're in any doubt have a word with your electrical contractor , unless you are a competent person yourself and capable of doing it yourself and working out the , the ampage yourself . |
| 19 | People in short do in sober reality recognise a strongly patterning force in the world around them , and both in modern and in Old English have a word to express their recognition . |
| 20 | He had time to have a word with everyone and on the occasions when I met him in England he was more than helpful — unlike some of his colleagues in the Press room who pestered you for information when at Leopardstown , then pretended you were from another planet when you went to a big meeting in England . |
| 21 | After the match , Hastings gave a television interview , attended the official post-match briefing and found time to have a word with me all before he 'd had a shower . |
| 22 | He re-directed it to the sales department and made a mental note to have a word with the post room ; it was about time that they got their act together . |