have a quick word
have a brief word

I'd like to have a quick word with your brother.

Well, I'll just pop in and have a quick word.

I'll just have a quick word with your dad.

"I wondered whether we might have a quick word."

Actually he'd like to have a quick word with you; shall I put him on?'

Katrina went over and had a quick word with her, then she beckoned towards me.

I wonder if I could have a quick word with you?"

Is it possible to have a quick word?

St Peter says he'll have a quick word with God about it and disappears.

Two, have a quick word with the Big Man before you start.'

I'm sure Ali will be pleased to have a quick word before he leaves.'

It was a quarter to eight when she stuck her head into the kitchen to have a quick word with Nettie before dinner.

Climbing aboard, he had a quick word with Sutton.

Tell her stories of your indecent past while I have a quick word with Modesty.

She jotted it down, picked up the plaster from the surgery, then went to have a quick word with Helen.

She worked her third of the bar, filling orders, having a quick word, slipping into the kitchen and out again without ever seeming to rush.

Just yesterday I had a quick word with poor Annie, her face all black-and-blue.

Bingham of the Dutch section slithered towards me and asked if he could have a quick word, though we rarely had any other kind.

She had a quick word with Morgan Waishaw and went into his office.

I think we can go back to the Manor ground though and have a quick word with Nick Harris.

For example, a pedestrian on the way to work visits shops, sees advertisements, buys a newspaper, encounters a friend and has a quick word.

While it was coming I excused myself and had a quick word aside with Cadal.

While I was waiting for you, I popped in and had a quick word with our Margaret.

'Would it be possible to have a quick word with Jack Peck before we leave?'

The governor had a quick word with Mr. Shea about a staffing matter and, as if proving a point, quickly slipped away.

I would like to have a brief word with my companion in private."

If it's not too much bother, I'd like to have a brief word with him."

He'd had a brief word earlier with his lawyer about surrogate law, wanting to understand at least the basics.

"Could I have a brief word with you?"

I managed to have a brief word with the rescued pilot as he was carried on a stretcher into the ambulance.

When the votes of thanks and other formalities were over, I was able to have a brief word with him as he emerged into the vestibule.

I had a brief word with Dr. Glendenning after he did the postmortem this afternoon.

Just before his de- parture in his own speedster to join the Dauntless, he had a brief word with the girl.

He had a brief word with Dr. Winsome, and then he beckoned us through to the first-aid room.

"If I could have a brief word with this pilot who rejected him, perhaps I might learn something," Gellar said.

It is documented as "Phusang" in Kato (2008), which has a brief word list of the language.

As soon as the custody sergeant was free, Stott went over and had a brief word, then gestured for Owen to approach the desk.

He would have a brief word with her after the service and explain--if she didn't get it--his redemption in ways connected to that letter.

They saluted and filed out, with only General Judeth pausing long enough to have a brief word with the Black Gryphon.

We might have a brief word with the professor before we go, though. . . . Mind waiting for us here, Mr. Arnesson?"

They reached the valley where Chief Albron's fort stood shortly after noon on a glorious summer day, and Althalus had a brief word with Eliar.

Talbot chatted briefly with Hawkins, said his goodbye, climbed down the gangway, had a brief word with Denholm on the launch and then boarded the Angelina.

I set my wineglass down and had a brief word with Glen to let her know where I'd be and then I went upstairs and systematically searched Bobbys room.

After tucking Christabel in for her afternoon nap, she had a brief word 5 with Lucy, who was taking over her duties until bedtime, and went down to hail a hackney.

He escorted them swiftly through the station's melee to a free interview room, where he had Torres fix them some coffee while he fetched the clothes and had a brief word with Bannon.

When his aide allowed that Sergeant Major Mosovich was on the phone and would like to have a brief word with the General, the General acceded, after making sure no one else would hear the conversation.

So Travis stayed the night on their couch, with the only bonus for him being that, bleary-eyed and hung-over the next morning, he had a chance to have a brief word with Rosemary before she went to her computer programmer's job.

Telling Horner and the two corporals to wait in the car, Leland got out and walked to the center of the blockade, to have a brief word with Sergeant Vince Bidakian, who was in charge of this aspect of the operation.

Before Father Kendrick had set off for his new city parish - racial mix, boys' club, mothers' union, young people's fellowship; the proper challenge for a mildly high-church, ambitious young priest with one eye on a mitre - he had had a brief word about Beryl McBride.