Example sentences of "reply came " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reply came thanking us for our letter and saying it is receiving attention . |
| 2 | The reply came from an under-secretary who said that the present funding was considered adequate and the commercial undertaking would be ill-advised . |
| 3 | A reply came almost by return of post . |
| 4 | No reply came . |
| 5 | In reply came another cablegram signed by Beecher 's successor : ‘ The great congregation of Plymouth Church by unanimous rising vote returns greetings . |
| 6 | Invariably , the reply came back : ‘ John Major . |
| 7 | When the reply came , his speech was correct but slow , with heavy slavonic stress . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Eventually a reply came from the Islands ' Director of Administration and Legal Services , Rowan McCallum . |
| 10 | The reply came back that the PM was ‘ too busy ’ working on a request for a massive loan from the IMF to meet him . |
| 11 | When the reply came it was to ask us to consider joining the team in September 1992 ! |
| 12 | Within a few days a reply came . |
| 13 | No reply came , and he assumed that the minister was of the same cold fashion as his wife . |
| 14 | The reply came as a whisper . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The reply came in a few minutes ago listing ten different countries with which he does business . ’ |
| 17 | Dawson 's reply came from a distance ; he was holding the phone away from his mouth . |
| 18 | The technician 's reply came after a brief moment of hesitation . |
| 19 | No reply came from the tower . |
| 20 | His reply came curtly . |
| 21 | The reply came petulantly . |
| 22 | She paused while watching Lucy expectantly , but when no affirmative reply came she persisted , ‘ I presume you do have a boyfriend ? ’ |
| 23 | The reply came nonchalantly . |
| 24 | The reply came coldly . |
| 25 | The reply came frankly . |
| 26 | His reply came nonchalantly . |
| 27 | Anna 's reply came out as hardly more than a whisper . |
| 28 | The reply came back : ‘ Neither do I , Sibylle . ’ |
| 29 | One of the first replies came from W M Allan Ltd of Dudley who offered a Lancaster Control Panel Box , the company having made these items during the war . |
| 30 | Spear also found in a study of teachers ' attitudes to girls and technology that the most sex-differentiated replies came from science teachers ( Spear in this volume ) . |