Example sentences of "reply [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event he had little time to give careful immediate consideration to the letter ; he merely wrote a short reply pressing Balfour to reconsider his position . |
| 2 | To this Viola wrote a reply expressing lukewarm interest . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | A reply giving a general definition of sabotage as ‘ everything from turning a tap off to blowing a pipe up ’ had been juxtaposed to questions on party strategy , he said , adding that it was ridiculous to imply that he had supported violent acts . |
| 5 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 6 | He was stunned to receive a reply saying his payments were being suspended while he was away because he was out of the country . |
| 7 | St. Audries actually wrote Bonar Law on the subject & got a reply saying the policy was quite unauthorised . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As requested I wrote and asked about self-catering accommodation at the conference and I received a reply saying that there 's one house that erm she 's come across that she thinks might be particularly suitable for us . |
| 10 | Durham struck early in the Philadelphia reply collecting three wickets . |
| 11 | She answered it , and a day or two later , received a reply bearing the postmark ‘ Caversham ’ . |
| 12 | He was responding in a Commons written reply following a row over Labour frontbencher Keith Vaz being refused permission to marry his fiancee Maria Fernandes in the 13th Century Church of England crypt chapel . |
| 13 | David Oliver , Editor of our sister journal Airforces Monthly , has been probing inconsistencies in MoD replies relating to the retirement of the Vulcan . |
| 14 | His replies pleading inability to attend were sent from Bogota , and ‘ Bogota ’ became at the time a favourite Tory catcall at political meetings . |
| 15 | The weaknesses are lack of security the time difference that it can bring if there 's lots of replies going backwards and forwards erm it might get mislaid , it might never get read , you do n't know you ca n't be sure that people are actually reading the memo er you do n't know what the reaction of the people is you ca n't go back on what you 've said because it 's on paper er and it lacks that personal touch can be expensive on time , times to you but sorry erm but can be expensive not on time but on materials . |
| 16 | The questionnaire requested a maximum of 27 replies under the following five major headings : personal details move to Gatwick travel housing other information and with three of the replies calling for explanations . |
| 17 | A mass of mail when I got back here — replies saying NO for example for the part time post of editor of the Episcopal Church paper up here and a NO from a firm opening up a new range of discount grocery stores . |
| 18 | These works produced only two Scottish replies arguing against the English case , The Complaynt of Scotland , and the recently discovered Ane Resonying of ane Scottis and Inglis merchand betuix Rawand ( Rouen ) and Lionis ( Lyons ) by the royal councillor and administrator William Lamb , an imagined discourse between two merchants travelling in France , in which the Scottish merchant utterly refuted , point by point , the claims of Henry VIII set out in his 1542 Declaration . |