Example sentences of "'s [adj] reply [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In her letter concerning Wilde and Douglas , ’ Minton 's dignified reply begins , ‘ it is indeed distressing that someone of Dr. Marie Stopes 's eminence should refer to Wilde 's homosexuality with such bigoted moral fervour . |
| 2 | Korda 's shirty reply suggested he was n't willing to listen to such a criticism from an expensive star . |
| 3 | Ironically , the most noticeable example comes at the end of scene ten , when Broadbent admits that Anderson 's advice on the Czech team 's tactics has proved depressingly sound : Anderson 's laconic replies implicate his loss of interest in the topic , following scene six , even now that Broadbent actually shows interest in what he had said earlier and allocates a turn to him twice . |
| 4 | Falkenhayn 's precise reply has not been recorded , but it appears to have satisfied the Crown Prince and General von Knobelsdorf . |
| 5 | El Cid 's final reply ended : |