Example sentences of "reply [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnson 's reply lacked enthusiasm , but contained a passage which afterwards struck Nkrumah 's colleagues as ominous : ‘ If you go to Hanoi , Mr president , you will be in no danger of military action in Vietnam . ’ |
| 2 | This reply read : ‘ I duly acknowledge receipt of correspondence sent in respect of children in care and confirm that the mail has now been forwarded accordingly . ’ |
| 3 | His reply made me love him even more , if that were possible : ‘ If you stay , I stay . ’ |
| 4 | The letters they received in reply made uncomfortable reading . |
| 5 | His impatient reply made her hackles rise even as a tiny treacherous thrill slithered along her veins . |
| 6 | All I could do was write a letter , and by the time I 'd written a letter and it got where it was going and a reply got back , a week or two weeks could have gone by . |
| 7 | A bitter reply rose to Alexei 's lips , but he suppressed the urge to utter it . |
| 8 | Webster 's reply demonstrated the government 's extreme caution : ‘ It is utterly impossible … |
| 9 | The reply involved my being of British descent , five generations back ; our country 's closer historical ties with Britain ; and , er , frankly , sir , a question of sport . |
| 10 | In a reply tailored to annoy the traditionally catholic and latinate institution , McMurdo insisted they use ‘ the Queen 's English ’ . |
| 11 | A reply came thanking us for our letter and saying it is receiving attention . |
| 12 | The reply came from an under-secretary who said that the present funding was considered adequate and the commercial undertaking would be ill-advised . |
| 13 | A reply came almost by return of post . |
| 14 | No reply came . |
| 15 | In reply came another cablegram signed by Beecher 's successor : ‘ The great congregation of Plymouth Church by unanimous rising vote returns greetings . |
| 16 | Invariably , the reply came back : ‘ John Major . |
| 17 | When the reply came , his speech was correct but slow , with heavy slavonic stress . |
| 18 | So he writes it down and everybody writes bits about what 's happened , and thus eventually a few questions were asked and reply came from the Super . |
| 19 | Eventually a reply came from the Islands ' Director of Administration and Legal Services , Rowan McCallum . |
| 20 | The reply came back that the PM was ‘ too busy ’ working on a request for a massive loan from the IMF to meet him . |
| 21 | When the reply came it was to ask us to consider joining the team in September 1992 ! |
| 22 | Within a few days a reply came . |
| 23 | No reply came , and he assumed that the minister was of the same cold fashion as his wife . |
| 24 | The reply came as a whisper . |
| 25 | He had applied on Wolfgang 's behalf for a post with the Grand Duke of Tuscany ( another of Maria Theresia 's numerous offspring ) , but after a long delay the reply came back : No . |
| 26 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 27 | Dawson 's reply came from a distance ; he was holding the phone away from his mouth . |
| 28 | The technician 's reply came after a brief moment of hesitation . |
| 29 | No reply came from the tower . |
| 30 | His reply came curtly . |