Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [art] [det] words " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I read no sympathy in his face or mouth , I found a few words to offer . |
| 2 | Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss . |
| 3 | Sometimes I understood a few words or phrases ( ‘ Japaner nicht gut ’ , ‘ Demokratie ’ ) but on the whole it was a hopeless conversation just because he so badly wanted to get his meaning across to me . |
| 4 | Both your internal and external world changed because someone spoke a few words . |
| 5 | ‘ I said a few words to Miss Mallender — Miss Heather Mallender , that is — at her sister 's funeral , last year . |
| 6 | I said a few words . |
| 7 | In the evening after dinner I had a few words with Barrymore alone . |
| 8 | I had a few words with him , then came back to the shop . ’ |
| 9 | she 's come home and that , and I I picked a few words up like , and |
| 10 | She caught a few words but did not hear Fru Gertlinger say , ‘ It would be best to say nothing , I think . |
| 11 | She caught a few words : marsh , explosion , death . |
| 12 | She exchanged a few words with the shift supervisor , a dour Scot named Rachel McBride , and was told a message had been sent to Belial confirming their arrival and condition . |
| 13 | The door of the house opened , and she heard a few words exchanged between David and his grandmother . |
| 14 | She had a few words with him while I was speaking to Meryl Armitage — a delightful girl . ’ |
| 15 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 16 | She sometimes pulled herself into a corner of the cabin with Roukoubé across her knees on his stomach and patted out a tune softly as she rubbed his back after feeding him , but she no longer made up words : she had no more words , indeed it seemed to her she no longer owned a voice , but only a hollow drum for a head on which others beat their summons . |
| 17 | She wrote a few words quickly on a piece of paper , and at the last moment added at the bottom : |
| 18 | In 1855 she published A Few Words about the Inmates of our Union Workhouses . |
| 19 | Okay we changed a few words just to fit the words we could find , but yes , we , we had about a minute at the end , we read it through , and yes , it was fine . |
| 20 | I went into a small room and handed my Service Pay Book to the Waaf Officer seated behind the desk , and I suppose we exchanged a few words . |
| 21 | After the programme we exchanged a few words , but he had to dash off to another engagement . |
| 22 | She came along and we had a few words . ’ |
| 23 | They exchanged a few words in what sounded like Spanish . |
| 24 | Looking the picture of misery and helplessness , he snatched a few words with me as I waited to go in . |
| 25 | He muttered a few words and his companions chuckled . |
| 26 | At the reception desk , he murmured a few words to the elaborately uniformed commissionaire and was shown respectfully towards the lift . |
| 27 | He exchanged a few words with Hodai , then rode away again . |
| 28 | On the teletext today it had a few words from Fergie saying that he reckoned that the no. of points they need to win the league is 84 . |
| 29 | Afterwards he had a few words with Hob 's wife , the children cowering around her . |
| 30 | He said a few words which Zelah translated as : ‘ This is the holy flame which shall consume our wickedness and purge our people of evil for the year to come . ’ |