Example sentences of "[prep] which [pers pn] reply that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said ‘ No , sorry ’ , to which we replied that we could n't continue to play or back David if we were n't going to get any money . |
| 2 | Les Conn : ‘ So anyway ’ , I said to David , ‘ I think you 'll have to have your hair cut , otherwise you wo n't get this programme on television ’ , to which he replied that he would n't cut his hair for the Prime Minister . |
| 3 | He was questioned on his drinking habits , to which he replied that he drank regularly and too much , but never to the stage where it affected his memory or his thespian ability . |
| 4 | When John confirmed his name , he was asked why he did not attend the curate 's services , to which he replied that the man had been appointed under the king 's law and not under God 's law . |
| 5 | I replied with caution and a slightly playful evasion that I understood that he would decide that , to which he replied that naturally he would like to take into account any hopes of mine . |
| 6 | I enquired if he had volunteered for Pathfinders , to which he replied that he had thought about it , I told him if he wanted to come he could join my squadron . |
| 7 | Let me finish in a very positive note in saying that I 'm as concerned as the speaker to which I reply that that day will be reached and reached soon , please God , when we can sit down together and share fully in the sacrament of the lord 's supper . |
| 8 | He then asked me about my sexual habits , to which I replied that I was heterosexual . |
| 9 | However , shortly before the List 's publication , I received a visit from Harold Evans , then the editor of the Sunday Times , who came to breakfast and rather slyly asked if I had seen it ; to which I replied that I had not seen it and knew nothing of its contents . |
| 10 | The acting superintendent-nurse , Miss Worthington , was brought before the committee and questioned about the condition of certain bed-ridden patients , to which she replied that she was aware of only one case with a bedsore , and of two others who had already had them when they were brought in . |
| 11 | To which she replied that she had been sound asleep , that she had heard a desultory conversation , but its substance had nothing whatever to do with her . |