Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Declaring that he wishes to offer to the public ‘ the very Journal which Dr Johnson read ’ , he says he will not ‘ expand the text in any considerable degree , though I may occasionally supply a word to complete the sense as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing ’ . |
| 2 | But first I must just have a word with you about … ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll just have a word with him , Chief Inspector . |
| 5 | I 'll just have a word with my chief accountant |
| 6 | Do n't worry yerself , I 'll not mention a word of it to anyone . |
| 7 | I 'll drive you to Glasgow the minute the snow lets up but I 'll not hear a word about it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | but on Monday I could n't speak a word |
| 10 | Half an hour later : Z : " I could n't get a word in edgeways " , muttered as he managed finally to get away . |
| 11 | So when I could n't say a word , so he was able to open the lift door , you see , from outside . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't understand a word he was saying . ’ |
| 13 | The island dialect was difficult , even for other Greeks , and I could n't understand a word . |
| 14 | ‘ If she went , ’ he says , ‘ I 'd never get a word in edgeways . ’ |
| 15 | You know I 'd never breathe a word to anybody . |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't believe a word of it ! ’ |
| 17 | So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on . |
| 18 | I would therefore add a word of caution and agree with Professor Sleight that we must have that data before we develop a general policy . |
| 19 | Then her face changed and she told me something so terrible , so strange , so annihilating that I ca n't remember a word she said . |
| 20 | I make coffee , she phones around , shifts papers , I ca n't say a word I mean . |
| 21 | I ca n't get a word out of him . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't hear a word the child 's saying with you going on . ) |
| 23 | What hang on just a minute sorry ca n't I ca n't hear you you 'll have to speak up I ca n't hear a word Karen lives in Tadcaster oh oh another another another place to avoid really is n't it yes yeah . |
| 24 | Somebody might be sitting there saying well how does he know it 's er how does he know it 's we I ca n't see a word for we in there . |
| 25 | I ca n't understand a word they 're saying on the television and the streets of London seem to be full of people in tennis clothes . |
| 26 | Fateha : I ca n't understand a word you 're saying . |
| 27 | I ca n't understand a word she says . |
| 28 | If you talk with your mouth full I ca n't understand a word you say can I ? |
| 29 | I ca n't understand a word . |
| 30 | I ca n't understand a word he says |