Example sentences of "would [verb] have a word " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , you 're better-looking , Connie , but it 's Archie I 'd like to have a word with , ’ said Joe .
2 It looked as though she 'd have to have a word with Mrs Thrigg .
3 She says I think one of the worst or strangest is errif which is a two year old canary — why anyone would want to have a word for that I do n't know .
4 Ben , however , did not remark on the scene he had just witnessed , but said , ‘ There 's a friend of yours in the yard who would like to have a word with you .
5 She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place .
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