Example sentences of "to have a quick [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice was to work in computers he , Andrew , would arrange for her to have a quick course of training , which would be a sufficient basis on which an intelligent woman like her could build . |
| 2 | I 'm going to have a quick look at the for'ard cabins . |
| 3 | Stopped , just for five minutes , just to have a quick look , and now here you are , in charge of the stall of a woman you do n't know , a woman you 've never seen before in your life , and all because someone called Harry was n't to get away with something — And that man with blue eyes was watching her again . |
| 4 | On yet another impulse , she stopped to have a quick look , because it just might have mentioned where Slane was , might n't it ? |
| 5 | Got the time to have a quick look at the paper now have n't we ? |
| 6 | Cos I just , I just want to have a quick look through it before I gave it |
| 7 | So you wanting to have a mooch , do you want to have a quick look at tennis rackets ? |
| 8 | Some more over there , do you want to have a quick look ? |
| 9 | I suppose you would n't like to have a quick lunch with me ? |
| 10 | ‘ To tell the truth , I was hoping to have a quick word with Mrs Amy Edgerton … |
| 11 | I 'm sure Ali will be pleased to have a quick word before he leaves . ’ |
| 12 | Swan felt very much at a disadvantage , especially when Amaranth told him that she had promised to go to The Times/Sunday Times party with Charles , who had left them for a moment to have a quick word with Peter Riddell of The Times . |
| 13 | It was a quarter to eight when she stuck her head into the kitchen to have a quick word with Nettie before dinner . |
| 14 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 15 | She jotted it down , picked up the plaster from the surgery , then went to have a quick word with Helen . |
| 16 | Too many students imagine that all they need do is to note down and read over the contents of lectures , and then to have a quick revision before the examination . |
| 17 | He appears to have a quick temper and uses his hands continually when he speaks . |
| 18 | They preferred to have a quick yoghurt at their desks and spend the rest of the time shopping . |
| 19 | As I say , do n't be tempted to have a quick glance at that before you start the problem . |
| 20 | Erm if you 'd like to have a quick glance through them . |
| 21 | He would do well to have a quick refresher on Marxist economics . |