Example sentences of "[noun] to have a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I took the opportunity to have a word with the Kentish Constabulary 's finest . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |