Example sentences of "i have a word [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Can I have a word with you , old boy ? ’ |
2 | ‘ Could I have a word with you , old man ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Could I have a word with you ? ’ |
4 | Caller — Can I have a word with her ? |
5 | Can I have a word with you please ? |
6 | Shall I have a word with him ? ’ |
7 | Could I have a word with him ? " |
8 | ‘ It 's perfect … but I wonder , while I 'm here , could I have a word with the lady in charge of the department ? ’ |
9 | ‘ Rosie , my dear , could I have a word with you in the kitchen ? ’ |
10 | Should I have a word with Dora first ? ’ |
11 | He was staring across at the distant mountains ; he seemed to be in a reverie , unaware of her presence , and she hesitated for a moment before saying , ‘ Could I have a word with you , please ? ’ |
12 | ‘ Could I have a word with you , Mark ? ’ |
13 | Today Mrs Goreng had bestowed her usual dazzling malai smile of white teeth on the Danuese teenager who had brought her a clean cup when De Gaulle said , ‘ Mrs Goreng , may I have a word with you ? ’ |
14 | ‘ Could I have a word with her ? ’ |
15 | ‘ Why do n't I have a word with that little sod Ali and see if he can arrange it all ? |
16 | " Could I have a word with you , Miss Monroe ? " |
17 | He said can I have a word with her ? |
18 | So I had a word with the hotel chef . |
19 | Today I felt I could leave things no longer , so I had a word with a colleague in the Home Office . |
20 | ‘ I had a word with him after the match , and asked him how he was getting on . |
21 | This was an ingenious wheelchair attached to the front of a bicycle ; and lastly as I left , I had a word with Stefan Sielaff from Germany , who had designed a fantastic three-wheeled single seater vehicle in fibreglass , that was catching everyone 's eye ! |
22 | ‘ I had a word with her after the safe business was over . |
23 | ‘ I had a word with the Chief Constable last night . |
24 | ‘ Well , after Sir Edmund finished his interrogation this morning , I had a word with a few of the servants , men from the outlying farms . |
25 | I had a word with Harry , an' I 'm buyin' in as a junior partner … always providin' you 've no objections , that is . |
26 | ‘ I think , ’ said Owen , ‘ it 's time I had a word with Mordecai . ’ |
27 | I had a word with Tom yesterday , it was me who brought this up . |
28 | Anyway s to cut a long story short , I had a word with Stuart to see what it 'd cost . |
29 | I was doing my SHO in paediatrics at the time , and I had a word with my boss . |
30 | I had a word with Steph on the phone . |