Example sentences of "a few [adj] words " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say that as the meeting was drawing to its conclusion , everyone was waiting for a certain person to utter a few graceful words by way of a thank-you to the summit host , Mr Mitterrand . |
| 2 | The American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote standing at a tall refrigerator — a chair and table being too cramped for the big mountain man — and he dropped unnumbered sheets , each with a few scrawled words , into a cardboard box at his feet . |
| 3 | Janice herself received a few firm words . |
| 4 | Spelling correction algorithms usually suggest a few alternative words which are in some sense similar to the detected misspelled word . |
| 5 | The novel he was supposed to be working on hardly progressed a few hundred words in a week . |
| 6 | On the other hand there are those whose speaking vocabulary contains only a few hundred words of not more than three syllables and their reading vocabulary not many more . |
| 7 | In the course of a few hundred words the following occur : catalles = chattels , Chrystean = Christian , peax = peace , freyle = freely , delyved = delivered , auctorytye = authority , mad = made , borow = borough , rome = room , jarretier = garter , and playnle = plainly . |
| 8 | Currently available speech recognition systems typically impose a number of constraints on the user , such as a limited vocabulary ( possibly only a few hundred words ) , speaker dependence ( new users require individual training ) and the use of disconnected speech ( rather than the more natural continuous speech ) . |
| 9 | This again implies some limitation on the quantitative measurement of style , for within the limited compass of a few hundred words , little statistical significance can be attached to the frequency of this or that feature . |
| 10 | Beneath it were a photograph of a beaming Ruby Dobby and a few hundred words about her having a psychic revelation that Sniffy Wilson was near London and trying to make contact with a friend . |
| 11 | For many years the production of a lexicon to accompany a parsing system was viewed as a tedious task and most systems provided only illustrative lexicons , containing at most a few hundred words . |
| 12 | Although I was no linguist at school , I could still say a few useful words in Spanish , Nepali , Urdu , Carib , Slovak and Bahasa Malay . |
| 13 | I knew a few useful words of Russian . |
| 14 | Introductions are important , and to say a few encouraging words about each individual can be helpful . |
| 15 | Well , they have a fight erm they very rarely attack us , but they very frequently fight amongst themselves , and it 's usually over something that 's happened previously , but a few stupid words can just spark something that could be ignored if everything else was all right , but it an insult on top of hundreds of insults will just tip them over . |
| 16 | She was very nice and we exchanged a few pleasant words . |
| 17 | Fabia did note that Ven had a few pleasant words with the hard-working lady before she , smiling , left the room . |
| 18 | I used a few four-letter words . |
| 19 | Four boys had beaten him up , forced him into a laundry basket and left him helpless under a cold shower , and all for a few ill-judged words and a bar of soap . |
| 20 | When this sort of presentation takes place , resist the inclination to bend over your notebook , except for jotting down a few key words . |
| 21 | When she finished , Nick had a few muttered words with his colleagues before asking her one or two questions , mostly concerning times , places and names . |
| 22 | He jerked his poncho up , felt about in the pocket of his filthy jeans and produced a screwed-up bit of paper which he handed to Ward with a few muttered words . |
| 23 | All she had to do was tack together her shattered composure , offer a few polite words — and get rid of him as soon as possibe . |
| 24 | After a few polite words , Sophie was about to do the same when Giles said , ‘ Do n't go . |
| 25 | With a few well-chosen words and a quick sketch or two , Bryan sorted them out for us . |
| 26 | She felt the fire inside her begin to burn again and she pushed the door wide open , her mouth ready to frame a few well-chosen words on the importance of finishing jobs on time . |
| 27 | ‘ He wrecked your act with a few well-chosen words that would have slid straight off your back if anyone else had said them . |
| 28 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 29 | Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words . |
| 30 | The extent to which these young people were able to read and write , even when claiming that ability , was often limited to stringing together a few simple words — the Lord 's Prayer might be learned " parrot fashion " . |