Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Nobody wanted to stroke a Gnome , except perhaps another Gnome , He thought he might just have a word with Caspar to see if Fenella could be brought along to his , Inchbad 's , bed that very night . |
| 3 | He wanted so badly to ask Swan this question , but he could n't speak a word of bird-language . |
| 4 | He could n't understand a word of it . |
| 5 | They rattled and clanked so that Charles had to shout to his Sergeant that he could n't hear a word the man was saying . |
| 6 | He knew only because her lips were moving : he could n't hear a word she said . |
| 7 | The Belgian watched the television , of which he could not understand a word . |
| 8 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 9 | He 'd never say a word . |
| 10 | and until the end of his life he would not allow a word of criticism to be heard in his house . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , do n't worry about him , ’ he continued , ‘ he ca n't hear a word we 're saying , in a world of his own he is . ’ |
| 13 | When teacher talks he wo n't hear a word |