Example sentences of "reply [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formal shouts of challenge and reply were made between the guards on the watchtowers and the approaching horsemen , and a moment later there were hooves clattering in the yard . |
| 2 | England in reply were dismissed for 454 , with Les Ames ( 137 ) and ‘ Gubby ’ Allen ( 122 ) putting on an eighth-wicket partnership of 246 , which still stands as a Test record for that wicket . |
| 3 | A copy of this was forwarded for our attention in early March and a reply was sent on 24 March , a copy of which is enclosed herewith . |
| 4 | Instead a reply was sent from the Department of the Environment who have the job of implementing existing Conservative policy . |
| 5 | Ward 's reply was lost in the sound of the engine , and when I opened my eyes again we were bumping along the bank of what looked like an old Inca canal . |
| 6 | The reply was murmured into the string of turquoise shark 's teeth she wore round her neck . |
| 7 | The old man 's surprised reply was tinged with pleasure . |
| 8 | No reply was received from the Conservative Party . |
| 9 | Enquiries were made into the feasibility of ferrying Spitfires into this tiny field but the same reply was received from all contacted who were unanimous in replying that the airfield was too small to accommodate a Spitfire landing . |
| 10 | A reply was received from D.M. McBain , the secretary of Baberton Golf Club stating , ‘ The litter which contributes to this unsightly area is discarded by residents and not members of the Golf Club . |
| 11 | Daak 's reply was drowned in the roar of his chainsword . |
| 12 | An emollient reply was drafted for me to send back . |
| 13 | W HEN Callaghan returned , tanned but tired , on January 11 from a Caribbean summit he was asked about the state of crisis and his tetchy reply was paraphrased in the tabloid headlines as ‘ Crisis — What Crisis ? ’ |
| 14 | Selwyn 's reply was interrupted by Renee Nelmes 's shrill voice as she yelled out of the bar room window at two boys who were playing on the roof of the concrete pillbox built in the far comer of the pub 's front lawn . |
| 15 | A formal reply was delivered to Gorbachev in Moscow on March 19 by a Lithuanian Supreme Council delegation led by Algirdas Brazauskas ( the independent Lithuanian Communist Party leader and formerly Lithuania 's President , and since March 17 a Deputy Premier in the new Lithuanian government ) . |
| 16 | The government 's reply was contained in a white paper — Cmnd. 8616 : Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Civil Service . |
| 17 | The Doctor 's reply was forestalled by Klift . |
| 18 | Hale Barns were bowled at home for 111 by Knutsford , Willie Hannan doing the damage with five for 37 but Knutsford 's reply was shattered by aggressive fast bowling from Dave Molloy , seven for 47 . |
| 19 | Gran Gelato Ltd v Richcliff Group Ltd held that misstatements by a landlord 's solicitors in replies to inquiries could not result in an action ( of negligence ) against the solicitors , but that such replies were given on behalf of the landlord . |
| 20 | Four correct replies were given by 70 ( 19% ) of the 372 patients instructed by general practitioners and 25 ( 50% ) of the 50 instructed in community family planning clinics . |
| 21 | They also wanted to talk about Mr Lee 's policy for dealing with the action group , and asked that a meeting should take place as quickly as possible ; no replies were received to these letters , and the requests were made repeatedly . |
| 22 | In this survey , replies were received to this effect from three such businesses . |
| 23 | In pursuance of this , 8,000 letters were sent out in 1898 and nearly 3,000 replies were received within a short space of days . |
| 24 | Two replies were received from the Labour Party |
| 25 | Replies were received from 60 per cent of the people contacted : 830 of the 1384 male applicants and 260 of the 412 female applicants . |
| 26 | The subject 's replies were recorded on tape , whilst moves made during the program runs were stored in a data file . |
| 27 | Mr Telford , of Wheatley , Doncaster , could hear appeals to give himself up — but his replies were drowned by the noise of air rushing down the shaft . |
| 28 | Wherever possible , replies were coded on the questionnaire in order to simplify the computer reporting system . |
| 29 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |