Example sentences of "mutter [art] few words " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 He muttered a few words and his companions chuckled .
4 Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by .
5 Father Poole listened , now and then muttering a few words of encouragement whenever the voice faltered .
6 The man smiled as if intrigued by Corbett , muttering a few words first in Portuguese and then in English .
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