Example sentences of "a reply " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then earlier this year the group received a reply from another prisoner at Shalla who had been given their letter to Bashir by mistake . |
| 2 | Mellowes had drafted a reply for him to read out . |
| 3 | And a letter of 30 August 1934 is particularly interesting , since it is rather plainly a reply to protests from Binyon about Pound 's contemptuous treatment of Rubens . |
| 4 | Mr Gorbachev 's role is unclear : Hans Klein , the West German government spokesman , would say only that Mr Kohl 's last telephone message to the Soviet leader was on Friday , with a reply on Sunday . |
| 5 | She received a reply within four days . |
| 6 | Ramsey was not moved and printed a reply . |
| 7 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 8 | Do n't hold your breath waiting for a reply . |
| 9 | It is a reply which is at once deferential and contemptuous , self-effacing and arrogant . |
| 10 | She has lately developed a tiresome habit of becoming a mere compendium of Paxford 's views ; every conceivable topic is met with a reply beginning ‘ Paxford says ’ . |
| 11 | If you honour me with a reply it will be in kind ; and then , God defend the right ! ’ |
| 12 | A reply came thanking us for our letter and saying it is receiving attention . |
| 13 | Valenzuela choked out a reply and watched while Bratti was shot by ‘ Fifa ’ Palma Ramirez , one of the most savage officers . |
| 14 | In a reply to Mr Keith Vaz ( Lab . |
| 15 | The council may recommend the nature and form of a reply or correction ‘ including , in appropriate cases , where in the paper it should be published ’ . |
| 16 | Naturally he could n't answer them all himself , so Post Office staff lent a hand and every kid who wrote to him got a reply , postmarked Reindeerland or Santaland . |
| 17 | About 30 miles south of Nashville , in the small town of Smyrna , Tennessee , stands a reply to that description . |
| 18 | He finds his own words for the mood in a letter to Helen on 6 May '98 : ‘ I am glad my unkind letter allowed you nevertheless to write me so sweet a reply , and besides , to be so sweet tempered , and , as I hope , unhurt save for a moment . |
| 19 | ‘ Your house will be worth a lot more now , ’ people remarked brightly , which observation — if it brought forth a reply at all — was countered by a snapped : ‘ I did n't buy it as an investment ’ . |
| 20 | The envelope he found that morning looked like a reply from Viola . |
| 21 | He told her that he was going to continue writing to her , nothing deterred by her cold reply or rather lack of a reply . |
| 22 | A reply came almost by return of post . |
| 23 | Not to be deterred , Mary Ann sat with her head tilted and eyes bright , encouraging a reply . |
| 24 | For visitors would stare at her , ask her questions , would talk and expect a reply , and Alida knew that she could say nothing , could not cope with any demands . |
| 25 | I received a reply quickly . |
| 26 | Receiving only whispers for a reply the boy wriggled down and sat under his father 's feet . |
| 27 | She spoke with such vehemence Wilson thought it better not to risk a reply , though in her head she practised saying what nonsense she thought Mrs Browning spoke . |
| 28 | Worried , Wilson confided in Mrs Browning that she feared Ellen might not have received her letter , the posts being so very variable , and was instructed to write again and have it sent with a reply paid , a system she was assured was possible if expensive . |
| 29 | I never dreamt of a reply from such a distinguished person . |
| 30 | When a reply arrived which simply said , ‘ The Private Secretary is commanded to express the thanks of The Queen for the kind message of congratulation which you have forwarded to Her Majesty ’ , the assembly rose to its feet and cheered . |