Example sentences of "[adj] reply " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Colonel checked with Bill Copland whether they should call it a day : ‘ Certainly not ’ was-the Major 's assured reply , for all felt the confidence of success . |
| 2 | The most definitive statement to which attention may be drawn in this regard is the much-quoted reply of Gregory Nazianzen to Apollinarius : ‘ What is not assumed , is not redeemed ’ — or in Greek , ‘ not taken on , not healed ’ . |
| 3 | Briefly lifting his cap , the ginger giant produced , in foreign-accented English , a decidedly non-committal reply . |
| 4 | Members are urged to write a polite reply to the National Commission for Human Rights asking them to take every step necessary to bring the perpetrators of Jose Ramon 's ‘ disappearance ’ to justice . |
| 5 | ‘ Might have , ’ was the tantalizing reply . |
| 6 | ‘ The classic reply . |
| 7 | He is one of the few comedians who , when someone truthfully observes , ‘ I say , you 're sitting in a dustbin ’ , can make the classic reply , ‘ Oh , so I am ’ sound like an hilarious joke . ’ |
| 8 | ( He saw the joke and wrote a friendly reply . ) |
| 9 | When she returned from one of the innumerable meetings and one of her daughters asked who had been present , her usual reply would be , ‘ Oh , the Great and the Good . |
| 10 | I shall always be grateful to him for not giving me the usual reply of an adult to a curious child 's questions , ‘ You 're too young to understand . ‘ |
| 11 | Ask a child ‘ What are you interested in ? ’ and the usual reply was ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 12 | The usual reply to the requisition incorporating practical enquiries is : Confirmed , except as they may have been varied or added to by subsequent correspondence between us . |
| 13 | His critics even smile in anticipation of a rhetorical question meeting with a devastating reply . |
| 14 | ‘ The emperor , ’ came the devastating reply . |
| 15 | I will give you a quick tour from the air , ’ he added just as she opened her mouth to give him a caustic reply . |
| 16 | Robyn whipped the sauce around viciously in the pan and was frantically trying to think up some caustic reply , when Luke interjected smoothly , ‘ Robyn 's not an acquaintance , Melissa . ’ |
| 17 | Joseph Pease , the board 's president , approved a tactfully worded reply to the Dronfield parents . |
| 18 | Carole did n't appear to notice the English girl 's slightly hesitant reply as she continued enthusiastically , ‘ He 's proving to be a terrific father-figure , is n't he ? |
| 19 | ‘ He there , ’ was the unbelievable reply . |
| 20 | I think it was they wanted a complete reply for each consultant file , or case file did n't they ? |
| 21 | Not for them the hollow reply , ‘ What meeting ? ’ when a call is made to check that they are bringing something to the pot luck supper at school that very evening . |
| 22 | She wrote Ben a hasty reply saying that she would love to go with him , thank you very much , and posted it through his letter box almost immediately . |
| 23 | ‘ Good , ’ came the terse reply . |
| 24 | Rob 's party , and Richard Stirling 's mention of Elise … and Luke 's terse reply which effectively forbade further talk on the subject . |
| 25 | ‘ Mm … mm … me , sir , ’ came the timid reply . |
| 26 | ‘ Ye-es , s-sir , ’ came the timid reply . |
| 27 | A possible reply is that they are neither . |
| 28 | One possible reply from B would be yes , inviting A to continue with what she intends to say about John Smith after establishing that B knows him . |
| 29 | Earlier , during his visit to Dublin , he said in a controversial reply to journalists that the UK government should negotiate with the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) on a peaceful settlement of the Northern Ireland issue . |
| 30 | Four days later , the Fifth Army leaders received a cold and curiously revealing reply from Falkenhayn . |