Example sentences of "[det] word " in BNC.
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1 | There 's a , the person that took that words was your Moira |
2 | And then we changed things like the name because we found somebody 's name in all these words , somebody , and we just sellotaped it down , and at the end when we were running out of time , and we did about three times have a look at the time , we did change the script slightly to fit the words that we 'd found so we had responsibilities instead of , I do n't know what it was , but instead of another words , just because we 'd found it . |
3 | These words of his , in The Periodic Table , refer to some words of the past . |
4 | Cameron sensed Menzies waiting for some words — any words . |
5 | He even descended to the realms of the unwise and hubristic Kenneth Branagh and declaimed some words of Henry V before Agincourt . |
6 | But never before has Moses been accused of lording it over the people ( some words of Korah in verse 3 of this same chapter come close to such a charge ) and never before has Egypt been called ‘ a land flowing with milk and honey ’ . |
7 | It was all in legal gobbledegook and took a bit of working out but Lord Chatwin had added some words of his own at the end : ‘ If my beloved Spiggy is found everything goes to him and his heirs . ’ |
8 | He picked up his fluted ball pen , crossed out some words , found a clean sheet of paper and began once more to write . |
9 | She had some words of reproach for Mrs Kinnock too . |
10 | Some clue , some scribbled note , some words of response . |
11 | After a while when the sickness had subsided , she opened the door and was about to creep cautiously away , when she heard her father speak some words that halted her : ‘ Who 's to blame for the club nights , I ask you ? ’ he was saying . |
12 | some words or acts are ambiguous and may or may not constitute a dismissal or resignation . |
13 | Some words such as ‘ older ’ and ‘ younger ’ , express relativity ; to make them meaningful , further information is needed such as ‘ older than x ’ . |
14 | Give me some words . |
15 | The test pieces have some words removed , perhaps every fifth word , and the tester is required to predict those missing words . |
16 | I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind . |
17 | Similarly , some words which are meant to stir can leave others unmoved . |
18 | If some words are emotionally difficult to form — stay like stones in the throat — a verbal diarrhoea by which every thought and feeling has to be expelled forthwith can be equally uncommunicative . |
19 | Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something . |
20 | Some words become shortened : ( tele ) phone , ( re ) frig(erator) , ( in ) flu(enza) and ( omni ) bus , to name but a few . |
21 | Some words are onomatopoeic . |
22 | Choose carefully , crossing out some words and adding others until your list truly reflects your current life . |
23 | The village children were reading at least some words by the time they were six . |
24 | SHOULD Des O'Connor have suffered sleepless nights wondering whether he will wake up tomorrow to discover that Ken Dodd has become Lord Dodd , I have some words of consolation . |
25 | It may be of some comfort to read some words written recently by Gaby Goldscheider , an experienced antiquarian bookseller , in the Antiquarian Book Monthly : |
26 | But undoubtedly he was right on the mark when he wrote in his essay on Thomas Parnell some words which might aptly be applied to many writers at present being collected : |
27 | ‘ Are yow theea , Mrs Smith , cos if yow are I want some words with yow ! ’ she bellowed . |
28 | It is always wise for the counsellor to be aware of any possible worries that the counsellee might have about the meeting , and have ready some words of reassurance about the purpose of their meeting . |
29 | He heard him speak some words , but he could n't make out what they were ; he then saw him bend and kiss her , not on the cheek but on the lips . |
30 | I saw in my car , avoiding the midges , listening to a torrent of abuse in which some words , familiar to regular readers of this column , cropped up more than others . |