Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [noun] of words " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil . |
| 2 | Below this is a keyword list box , and clicking on the down arrow brings up a list of words that the program will recognise . |
| 3 | I do n't know , maybe they erm a , they 'll listen to the tapes and they probably sample some of the words into a computer to build up a database of words that probably like you said , oh he 's getting a lot of jip from his boss , you know , is probably not in the dictionary but if a lot of people said that word then they would . |
| 4 | Recovering , he let out a stream of words of which Sandison understood almost nothing . |
| 5 | One member of the pair was told by his/her partner ‘ I am going to read out a list of words to you . |