Example sentences of "[vb infin] a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | we did translation , Xenophon , I do not know a word of it I do not think Greek alone makes me miserable , I am always miserable . |
| 2 | Upon being asked why he shed tears , he replied , ‘ It is indeed true that I do not know a word of the Gita . |
| 3 | He may not know a word of Burmese but he will share a fag with the interested Burman who is watching all that is going on , and as they puff away together contentedly , something intangible will pass from the one to the other . |
| 4 | They are quite certain I do n't know a word of Greek but even so they 're still very cautious . |
| 5 | So if you learn the words this way thinking well do I know a word that 's a bit like it and could I add a bit onto the end that 's another way another good way of learning cos you do n't have to learn class and classical and classic you just sort of learn one of them . |
| 6 | The father of a friend of mine who went to visit relatives in Paris told us that he did not know a word of French but spoke the Parmigiano dialect all the time and got on very well . |
| 7 | The former may need a word or two said about it . |
| 8 | Of course Herman loves her whisperings — for he is always convinced that he will catch a word or two — but all he has ever heard was when she was going from the dining-room to the drawing-room after lunch with him , and she whispered : ‘ I hate sauces . |
| 9 | Also , this approach does not guarantee a word as output , even though parts of the letter string will contain legal combinations of letters . |
| 10 | He told me , ‘ You do n't speak a word to anybody else , and when I 've hit that ball , we 're on our way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What 's the good of your endless French lessons when you ca n't speak a word of the language at the end of them ? ’ |
| 12 | When Dad returned he did n't speak a word to either of us . |
| 13 | He wanted so badly to ask Swan this question , but he could n't speak a word of bird-language . |
| 14 | Not bad for a little girl of 4 who , just over a year ago , could n't speak a word of English ( could barely speak , indeed , a word of anything ) . |
| 15 | ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’ |
| 16 | A southern Italian , he had taught up until now in a village near Naples and could not speak a word either of Slovene or of Triestino . |
| 17 | See the first week I went to these schools they could n't speak a word of Punjabi . |
| 18 | No , he calmly surveys them , holds his hands up for silence — and I know for a fact he ca n't speak a word of Japanese . ’ |
| 19 | but on Monday I could n't speak a word |
| 20 | He does n't speak a word of English though , everything you say to him , he just goes love it . |
| 21 | We did n't exchange a word , or even a glance . |
| 22 | They would not exchange a word until they were settled this way . |
| 23 | Because if you do n't , if do n't do a word by word translation , as some of you did , you , you may miss the meaning of certain words , and that might totally alter your perception of what 's being said , and then what you should , wh when you 've done a literal translation , you will have a very stiff erm , u unusual version of it , written in modern English vocabulary but you 'll find that word ordering and things like that wo n't be appropriate , and sometimes the vocabulary are n't the kind of words that would normally be used now . |
| 24 | No one can prevent a word from being used in any way the user wishes , and there need be no confusion provided the user makes clear what ( s ) he means by the term . |
| 25 | They represent the set of minimal units required to uniquely specify a word , with the exception of homophones . |
| 26 | The duties of class leaders ( women as well as men in 1847 ) were to ‘ ask each member in turn to speak of their experience in the Christian life , after which he ( she ) would give a word of encouragement , advice or reproof , as was necessary . ’ |
| 27 | Can break a word into its parts , and knows how to write the parts down . |
| 28 | You wo n't mind a word of advice ? |
| 29 | There must be many who are touched to the heart by that phrase ‘ earthly father ’ and yet who do n't believe a word of the novel 's religion ; just as , and more obviously , Raskolnikov 's kissing the dirt in the middle of the Haymarket does n't stand or fall by Dostoevsky 's Soil Philosophy . |
| 30 | I do n't believe a word of it . ’ |