Example sentences of "we have [art] word " in BNC.

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1 Could we have a word ? ’
2 ‘ Could we have a word , Miss Ladram ? ’
3 We had no word since .
4 When we reached the farm the track ran out , so we had a word with the farmer , a friend of Brian 's , and set off over the open fields .
5 We had a word in their ears and it was left to the hospital to deal with them , ’ said the police spokesman .
6 This is not a particularly original view , and we had every word checked by accredited theologians .
7 ‘ If we had the words right , it would n't work .
8 No , not amorous : randy — we have a word for that .
9 The most obvious case is where we have a word ending with one or more consonant letters followed by ‘ le ’ ( or , in the case of noun plurals or third person singular verb forms , ‘ les ’ ) .
10 Cos I do n't mind taking this action erm , I think the the thought is that I would like to propose that we have a word with the government .
11 His unusual topic gave Fry trouble with the title of his lecture : ‘ The mere fact that we have no word to designate that body of studies which the Germans call Kunstforschung — a body of studies of which the actual history of Art is only a part — is significant .
12 But as we have no words by which to recall those former sensations except the very word which we seek to define , or some other which , being exactly synonymous with it , requires definition as much , words can not unfold the signification of this class of names ; and we are obliged to make a direct appeal to the personal experience of the individual whom we address .
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