Example sentences of "[vb past] a few word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay we changed a few words just to fit the words we could find , but yes , we , we had about a minute at the end , we read it through , and yes , it was fine . |
| 2 | Though I read no sympathy in his face or mouth , I found a few words to offer . |
| 3 | She caught a few words but did not hear Fru Gertlinger say , ‘ It would be best to say nothing , I think . |
| 4 | She caught a few words : marsh , explosion , death . |
| 5 | Looking the picture of misery and helplessness , he snatched a few words with me as I waited to go in . |
| 6 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 7 | She had dropped stitches continually in her knitting ( she was knitting a yellow angora sweater for Victoria ) and started whenever the shop-bell jangled or the parakeet muttered a few words to itself . |
| 8 | He muttered a few words and his companions chuckled . |
| 9 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
| 10 | At the reception desk , he murmured a few words to the elaborately uniformed commissionaire and was shown respectfully towards the lift . |
| 11 | Corbett whispered a few words and the friar looked up sharply and nodded . |
| 12 | The feel of them brought him back into the attic room , to the confusion that made a few words on a piece of paper into a lifeline . |
| 13 | I went into a small room and handed my Service Pay Book to the Waaf Officer seated behind the desk , and I suppose we exchanged a few words . |
| 14 | She smiled , and exchanged a few words with him ; then others came to say farewell . |
| 15 | Cameron Evans , Secretary for the Hunt Saboteurs Association , exchanged a few words with the Master of the hunt , Fred Barker . |
| 16 | Many of the prisoners smiled and exchanged a few words either directly with the governor or with people in our party . |
| 17 | He exchanged a few words with Hodai , then rode away again . |
| 18 | They exchanged a few words in what sounded like Spanish . |
| 19 | She exchanged a few words with the shift supervisor , a dour Scot named Rachel McBride , and was told a message had been sent to Belial confirming their arrival and condition . |
| 20 | After the programme we exchanged a few words , but he had to dash off to another engagement . |
| 21 | The Chief Detective Inspector who would later take on the investigation looked in , and exchanged a few words with the Detective-Sergeant . |
| 22 | The door of the house opened , and she heard a few words exchanged between David and his grandmother . |
| 23 | Patrick stirred , rolled his head and spewed a few words out through his sliced lips and mangled mouth . |
| 24 | They also offered a few words of comfort to those who may have been encouraged by the church to believe their lifestyles were sinful : ‘ We can assure lesbians and gays of heaven . |
| 25 | Sometimes I understood a few words or phrases ( ‘ Japaner nicht gut ’ , ‘ Demokratie ’ ) but on the whole it was a hopeless conversation just because he so badly wanted to get his meaning across to me . |
| 26 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 27 | Both your internal and external world changed because someone spoke a few words . |
| 28 | Then he opened his eyes , spoke a few words and eventually tried a few tentative steps round his hospital room . |
| 29 | O'Hara , on behalf of the company , spoke a few words in appreciation of Meredith . |
| 30 | She wrote a few words quickly on a piece of paper , and at the last moment added at the bottom : |