Example sentences of "we have a word " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Could we have a word ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Could we have a word , Miss Ladram ? ’ |
| 3 | When we reached the farm the track ran out , so we had a word with the farmer , a friend of Brian 's , and set off over the open fields . |
| 4 | We had a word in their ears and it was left to the hospital to deal with them , ’ said the police spokesman . |
| 5 | No , not amorous : randy — we have a word for that . |
| 6 | The most obvious case is where we have a word ending with one or more consonant letters followed by ‘ le ’ ( or , in the case of noun plurals or third person singular verb forms , ‘ les ’ ) . |
| 7 | Cos I do n't mind taking this action erm , I think the the thought is that I would like to propose that we have a word with the government . |