Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [det] word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether we should be saying and saying District Council be requested to amend the local plan as suggested in paragraph two four two nine five and then nu number two would be there adding a few words to the original number one . |
| 2 | So cold and unfeeling ; Eileen could n't have imagined anyone behaving in her own son 's home as if she were a stranger , making small talk and occasionally bestowing a few words on her daughter-in-law . |
| 3 | After speaking a few words that Hazel could not catch , he was evidently called inside . |
| 4 | But if we behave normally like saying a few words to each other , the supervisors start shouting and harassing us . |
| 5 | We will usually be treating individual instructions or groups of instructions in terms of the facilities that they control , so it is worth saying a few words here about the instruction set as a whole . |
| 6 | John Ashenden , seated alone in the front nearside seat , debated with himself about reaching for the microphone and saying a few words about Somerville College , the Radcliffe Infirmary , the Tower of the Winds , the large , late nineteenth-century redbrick residences , St Edward 's School … |
| 7 | Attempts at humour aside , I now find myself penning a few words of concern for Salford 's Graduate Association now that the same question seems to be written large on the proverbial wall . |
| 8 | As another explained , ‘ To most people a family row is Mummy and Daddy having a few words ’ , but when police are called to a domestic dispute in some areas of Belfast , |
| 9 | Greg Downs will be having a few words with his defence about long high balls … corners and free kicks … |
| 10 | Greg Downs will be having a few words with his defence about long high balls … corners and free kicks … |
| 11 | So erm they 're sort of having a few words at the moment . |
| 12 | A Suffolk man said : ‘ My grandfather was a bit of a rough diamond , and he was n't above letting a few words fly in front of us children when he felt like it . |
| 13 | ‘ Some of the people who have been having a go at Steve are n't fit to tie his shoelaces , ’ retorts Foster , who has been imparting a few words of wisdom to Cram as a former miler-turned-European 5,000m champion himself . |
| 14 | Father Poole listened , now and then muttering a few words of encouragement whenever the voice faltered . |
| 15 | The man smiled as if intrigued by Corbett , muttering a few words first in Portuguese and then in English . |
| 16 | First lessons involve learning a few words of ‘ sailspeak ’ . |
| 17 | When the hon. Gentleman stoops to taking a few words which are in headlong collision with the view of an entire article , and tries to convey the impression that the article said what he says it said , it is very sad . |
| 18 | I had the feeling that if I had n't been present he might have risked uttering a few words to Millie . |
| 19 | After exchanging a few words , the usher opened the door and Mark was escorted into a debating chamber shaped in the form of a horseshoe , with a raised dais at the open end upon which were two heavy oak chairs , one for the Chairman and the other for the speaker . |
| 20 | After exchanging a few words with him , she went in search of Lawler . |
| 21 | After exchanging a few words with him , she led him off into a corner . |
| 22 | But for some women , seeing and exchanging a few words with a number of other people during the day may actually be a source of negative feelings . |
| 23 | He went to meet them as they scrambled from the bus , hand extended in welcome , greeting them individually by name and exchanging a few words with each one . |