Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [det] word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
| 2 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |
| 3 | The parade converges on Place St Maur des Fosses to hear a few words from the local Euro-MP , because the EC has stumped up a bit of money to make it a European clowns ' convention this year . |
| 4 | A third says : ‘ I love to read a few words of the Gospel , so that I can see Christ and listen to what He is saying to me . ’ |
| 5 | Then there is the chance to repeat a few words : |
| 6 | I 'm going to have a few words with the professor . ’ |
| 7 | At the end of the meal , Dominic came to have a few words with me . |
| 8 | I went into the kitchen as she asked me to have a few words with the ‘ factotum ’ ( 'She seems to be rather taken with your looks ' ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this . |
| 10 | She 'd hopped into the living-room a few minutes after Sergeant Joe had gone out to have a few words with Archie Cousins . |
| 11 | A long line of reporters lined up dutifully to have a few words with him . |
| 12 | ‘ I want to have a few words with you , John . |
| 13 | He spotted her immediately and strolled across , stopping on the way to have a few words with the patron . |
| 14 | She felt herself to be reasonably proficient in Italian and she had begun , rather to the disapproval of her employers , to learn a few words of the Neapolitan dialect . |
| 15 | It is appropriate to add a few words at this point that might help avert the possibility of becoming involved in any extensive debate about whether associative changes of the sort described here should really be thought of as instances of perceptual learning , producing changes in the perceived similarity of the stimuli . |
| 16 | I am glad of the opportunity to offer a few words of introduction to this , our latest prospectus . |
| 17 | He had waited until the sentry reached the tower at the end of his beat , knowing , after watching the man from the bailey , that the guard would pause to exchange a few words with another man-at-arms before they separated to retrace their steps . |
| 18 | He would have liked to exchange a few words with Cedric Downes at Oxford — surely a man suffering from the same kind of trouble ? |
| 19 | They left the house by the same route by which they had entered , though had not gone far when her escort stopped to exchange a few words with an odd-job man who was undertaking a minor repair near some outbuildings . |
| 20 | They were close up to the car when the brown-haired man of average build left his car and Ven Gajdusek halted to exchange a few words in Czech with him . |
| 21 | Even more tragically for the vicar is the fact that for many unchurched families he is simply a cog–in the death machine ; an impersonal professional who has to mumble a few words before the curtains swish and the coffin descends to the fires below . |
| 22 | Nikita Sergeyevich asked to be allowed to say a few words to the Central Committee plenum that would be held immediately afterwards . |
| 23 | The occasion was the annual dinner of the Corporation of London 's planning and Communication Committee at the Mansion House , when Charles seized the opportunity to say a few words about the plans for the redevelopment of Paternoster Square . |
| 24 | But , before doing so , he asked the Prime Minister if she wished to say a few words . |
| 25 | A mixture of something old and something new , everybody here at Club has his or her own favourite , and we 've also asked a few personalities to say a few words about their number 1 trip . |
| 26 | And at the cemetery the vicar , a man who looked as if he needed far more consolation than he would ever be capable of dispensing , had agreed to say a few words before Henry 's address . |
| 27 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the problems with our present laws , especially in relation to welfare . |
| 28 | My job was to say a few words that might comfort both groups . |
| 29 | At the beginning of a recording session , start by asking each speaker in turn to say a few words . |
| 30 | When would the fourth pall-bearer arrive , because , although the labouring side of his assignment was being carried out , he was the first to be called by Alan to say a few words , and also why was the organist playing in such a muted fashion ? |