Example sentences of "a long letter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1812 , Andrew Berkeley Drummond , newly appointed Keeper of the Privy Purse by the ailing George III , wrote to a cousin joining the bank of a long letter of banking advice . |
| 2 | With it was a long letter for me , which said : |
| 3 | ‘ I would fain write a long letter to each one of you but have no strength … |
| 4 | She died recently and I wrote a long letter to her husband , Wolfgang Schneiderhan . |
| 5 | In a long letter to Alston in 1737 Miller discussed classification of plants according to Tournefort , ‘ no person was ever more exact in all the Synonimes , . |
| 6 | He hurriedly wrote a long letter to The Times , which it published on 14th February , the Monday after the debate . |
| 7 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 8 | I remember a Rhodesian in our squadron writing a long letter to the ‘ Malta Times ’ about this very subject , but I do n't think it was ever published . ’ |
| 9 | I wrote a long letter to my aunt next morning . |
| 10 | She wrote a long letter to her brother about these problems . |
| 11 | ( In a long letter to Hester Thrale on 30 September , written from Ostig on Skye , he remarked with a different emphasis : ‘ Barley broath [ sic ] is a constant dish , and is made well in every house . |
| 12 | Finally , he sat down and wrote a long letter to Sybil Vane . |
| 13 | In 1585 , Lambarde wrote a long letter to Lord Burghley stating reasons for her Majesty to proceed with speed in the defense of the Low Countries . |
| 14 | A long letter to The Bell argued that expecting Russia 's " educated classes " to solve the country 's problems was futile . |
| 15 | And so , although she had hated having to do it , Laura had forced herself to write a long letter to Ross , saying how very much she loved and missed him — and could n't they still try to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage ? |
| 16 | Rachel flopped exhausted into the long white sofa and wrote a long letter to Jenny , pouring her heart out for the first time in three weeks , telling her everything that had happened since she left . |
| 17 | B H Payne , Headmaster of the Cambrian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Swansea and one of the founder-members , replied with a long letter in the next issue . |
| 18 | A long letter from him to Miller in 1730 was brought to the attention of the Royal Society and in this he related his experience with inarching ( grafting ) for exotic trees , the climate of Midlothian not being as rigorous as one might imagine . |
| 19 | ‘ Yesterday I also received a long letter from Steve Pyle . |
| 20 | He evidently led musicians on with false promises : a long letter from the cellist Carlo Graziani details amounts owing and favours not forthcoming ( Giardini seems to have promised him a place in the Queen 's Band , though it is highly unlikely that he would have had such influence ) . |
| 21 | erm Anything else on page nine ? erm On Nestlé , Chief 's reminded me that we have got , I received today , a long letter from Nestlé , basically saying they wo n't be coming today . |