Example sentences of "have a word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do the Greeks have a word for it ? |
| 2 | Someone had better go down and have a word … |
| 3 | Go home , Bruce , or back to whatever your case is , and I 'll have a word with Sergeant Crane . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll just have a word with him , Chief Inspector . |
| 5 | Do have a word with them . |
| 6 | I must have a word with them . |
| 7 | I 'll go over and have a word with him . |
| 8 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 9 | Then to April , ‘ I 'll have a word with Parkinson the gamekeeper if there 's anything you 'd like . |
| 10 | Irina said to the doctor , ‘ Could I have a word ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You had better have a word with my husband , ’ Mrs Smith said , and indicated that they should go through into the drawing-room . |
| 12 | I 'll have a word with — what 's he called , Seb ? — Sergeant Potter , is it ? |
| 13 | And he 'll have a word back at you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Can I have a word with you , old boy ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Could I have a word with you , old man ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Let's have a word with him , then . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll have a word with Jimmy Myers , he 's a skipper on the Sharpness barges . |
| 18 | They would be so disappointed that Dad would feel the necessity to ‘ have a word ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Could I have a word with you ? ’ |
| 20 | He 'd have a word with Phillis , you bet that he 'd have a word with Phillis — the dirty cow . |
| 21 | He 'd have a word with Phillis , you bet that he 'd have a word with Phillis — the dirty cow . |
| 22 | I just might have a word in her ear . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll go up and have a word with him , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Caller — Can I have a word with her ? |
| 25 | ‘ That child 's definitely team potential , but the pony 's an absolute bitch , I must have a word with his parents . |
| 26 | I 'd better go and have a word with her . ’ |
| 27 | Could we have a word ? ’ |
| 28 | In particular , will your erstwhile political columnist , R W Johnson , apologise for the appalling piece of sexism that appeared in NSS ( under a previous editor ) on 7 December 1990 , when he suggested that the only way for Labour to win the next election would be for Glenys Kinnock to ‘ have a word ’ with Neil and persuade him to stand down ? |
| 29 | There 's no question of your going to Barraclough , and I shall have a word with Mr Ross ! ’ |
| 30 | He nodded and said , ‘ I 'll have a word with the solicitor looking after Captain Hamilton 's affairs . |