Example sentences of "[prep] a few words [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few words with her husband she shook hands with me , kissed him on both cheeks , and then quickly disappeared down the cellar , leaving the two of us to finish off the champagne and burgundy . |
| 2 | Susan caught up with her after a few words with Mr Darling . |
| 3 | in Director of Public Prosecutions v. Byrne [ 1991 ] R.T.R. 119 , 125 , all based , as it seems to me , on a misreading of a few words in an earlier judgment as enunciating a proposition which simply can not stand with the statutory language . |
| 4 | This is an appropriate place , perhaps , for a few words about the use of roses for hedging and screening . |
| 5 | With the font world in a state of turmoil following the Apple/Microsoft deal it 's time for a few words about maintaining standards . |
| 6 | We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 7 | If you choose to , you can blow this whole thing sky-high , just with a few words to the wrong people . ’ |
| 8 | Botha , meanwhile , signed off with a few words of advice for the Welsh : ‘ They are going berserk about nothing and it might be time for the WRU to concentrate on their own rugby . ’ |
| 9 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 10 | There was another knock on the door ; a signal that the T'ang acknowledged with a few words of Mandarin . |
| 11 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 12 | With a few words of explanation Sophie made the introduction and as they walked together into the house her godmother said , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've got some news which wo n't please you , but first of all I want to hear yours . ’ |
| 13 | She later embellished it with a few words about my inability to dance again — which I 'd never indulged in — and proposed that the girls would be driven even further away . |
| 14 | The Chairman opened a well-attended meeting with a few words about the gratifying growth and vigour shown by the Society in its first year . |
| 15 | It will look at the entirety of the obligations undertaken by the firm and determine the nature of the relationship from the whole contract construed in the light of its commercial context rather than from a few words in the contract . |
| 16 | St John explained it in a few words in verse 18 : |
| 17 | Insights into the actual personality are restricted to a few words under the heading ‘ recreations ’ . |