Example sentences of "he [verb] the [num ord] word " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shouted the last word ; then his voice dropping again , he said , ‘ The very smell of you nauseates me ; you stink of death . ’ |
| 2 | He shuddered as he pronounced the last word . |
| 3 | He accentuated the last word heavily . |
| 4 | ‘ But how does a young American lady — ’ and he stressed the last word slightly ‘ — come to be alone and seeking work in London ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ When I was young and foolish ? ’ he stressed the last word with an ironic twitch of his lips . |
| 6 | He had the last word , and everyone looked to him as the brains behind Huddersfield 's phenomenal success . |
| 7 | On the other hand , he had the last word whenever he cared to have it , not just on foreign or defence policy but on any aspect of policy . |
| 8 | He said the last word lightly , and they both knew he did n't mean it . |