Example sentences of "[verb] a few words [prep] " 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 | What d' ya think if someone says they want a few words with you what d' ya think 's going to happen ? |
| 4 | And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes . |
| 5 | For the past six years , however , she had done little more than declare things open , or say a few words of thanks in public . |
| 6 | Occasionally he would mutter a few words of comfort , or reach out a hand and lay it reassuringly on Sigarup 's blanketed body to let him know that he was still awake . |
| 7 | Looking the picture of misery and helplessness , he snatched a few words with me as I waited to go in . |
| 8 | Rincewind smiled politely at the stranger and tried a few words of Chimeran . |
| 9 | With or without management , Gatfield has a few words of warning for up-and-coming hopefuls determined to make an impression on record company A&R people . |
| 10 | Neither speaks French or German but one has a few words of English , so he sits in the front . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I think she may even have said a few words to it . |
| 13 | Well I 've said a few words about the Soviet Union but I would like to add that our programme of assistance to the Soviet Union and to other countries in central and Eastern Europe , while it 's had to grow rapidly in response to the urgent needs of reg region , it does not it has not grown and will not grow in any way er which will undermine our commitment to the developing world and er perhaps on that note I might turn to Africa . |
| 14 | At the reception desk , he murmured a few words to the elaborately uniformed commissionaire and was shown respectfully towards the lift . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | If I say to you , Sarah I 'd like a few words with you . |
| 18 | I may have had a few words with her , but that 's all . ’ |
| 19 | I only add a few words of my own out of deference to the contrary view expressed by my noble and learned friend , Lord Lowry , and to consider the cases on thefts from companies to which we were referred in the course of argument . |
| 20 | I add a few words of my own only because of the difference of opinion between your Lordships on this question and because what I said about the availability of certiorari in my speech in Thomas v. University of Bradford [ 1987 ] A.C. 795 has been interpreted to include an error of law by the Divisional Court and the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 which was not what I had intended . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I think we 'll have it in Norwich actually cos I wan na w want a few words with the day after so while I 'm in Norwich Norwich and can hobble to the meeting Okay , you 've got all your dates for your appraisals . |
| 23 | From time to time one of the women would speak , launch a few words like small puffs of smoke towards the moulded plaster flowers on the ceiling , and then fall silent again . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Crilly reminds me that I 'm American too , and just because I know a few words of British slang , I should n't be getting airs about myself . |
| 26 | Instead of merely shopping , exchange a few words with shop assistants . |
| 27 | He had seen Tommy Allen sitting in the dining rooms that morning and noticed the young man exchange a few words with her before he left . |
| 28 | Marg keeps me informed , she said she meets Jo in the town and they exchange a few words with them |
| 29 | Father Moore is only a brief visitor ; he has called in crisply to pay his respects , exchange a few words of banter with Patsy ( also a brother-in-law of somebody ) , and to inform Siobhan that next year he will be personally heading a pilgrimage to Knock so as to ward off any unfortunate flukes of the road . |
| 30 | She smiled , and exchanged a few words with him ; then others came to say farewell . |