1. We didn't get word of her arrest until the next day.

2. We got word of their plan from a former colleague.

3. He was also able to get word through to the Minister of War of what was taking place.

4. I just got word from our boss, and the trip to London is a go.

5. Excuse me, can I get word in?

6. Once in a while they're naughty: I did get word of a fellow who'd made a key safe by hollowing out one of my books.

7. "Inmates get word in the canteen the night before that something's going to happen," Patao says.

8. For months I tried to get word. Then it came.

9. Investors will also get word on service sector performance and the latest reading on factory orders Friday.

10. They hope to get word from a hospital about a lifesaving bone-marrow transplant early this year.

11. Even if I could get word to her, how could she get down here?

12. Their frantic efforts to get word of their families are thwarted by downed telephone lines and disrupted cellular phone base stations.

13. Since it's easy to get word out for anything online, people are using blogs, forums,(sentence dictionary) and social networking sites to help track down criminals.

14. He now works tirelessly to get word out about Huntington's disease, giving lectures around the world, drumming up research dollars, and volunteering for genetic studies and other research.

15. You' ll be the first to know if I get word.

16. To my surprise it took some time to hear back, and when I did get word the response was 'no comment.

17. If you have offered your boss a new idea lately, you'll get word back about it that too, but again, expect to have to argue your points. You can win - just be sure to show passion and enthusiasm!

18. If you have offered your boss a new idea lately, you'll get word back about it that too, but again, expect to have to argue your points.