Example sentences of "reply [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | reply or reply saying that it 's |
| 2 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 3 | The most common response from 41% was ‘ no reply or do n't know ’ . |
| 4 | If he does attempt to do so he either receives a negative reply or causes the officer of that other authority to send a copy of the correspondence to his own chief executive or clerk . |
| 5 | The Commission states in its reply that torture and inhumane treatment are banned in Mexico . |
| 6 | But he controlled himself — there was a force of mandroids that would have done the controlling , otherwise — and merely snarled a reply that left the old pirate fuming . |
| 7 | Or perhaps no one can understand anyone : each blackbird believes that he has put into his whistle a meaning fundamental for him , but only he understands it ; the other gives him a reply that had no connection with what he said ; it is a dialogue between the deaf , a conversation without head or tail . |
| 8 | But in a reply that summed up Ally McLeod 's capacity for humorous catastrophe the manager responded by saying , ‘ I told him several of our players smoke and it would be untruthful to back an anti-smoking campaign . ’ |
| 9 | I have n't seen the re final reply that went from er the Maxwell organisation to er I M R O but I did see a draft reply . |
| 10 | There was a silence , which told him he 'd scored a bull's-eye , and then an over-bright tone in her reply that confirmed it . |
| 11 | Mr. Adley : I thank my right Hon. Friend for that reply and declare an interest in the industry . |
| 12 | I had a hundred photocopies made of their reply and began another support-raising campaign , including a copy of the letter from the SAS with each request . |
| 13 | It is perhaps worth taking a minute or two to invite the Secretary of State to answer those arguments in his reply and to explain how they have been overcome in the new council tax system . |
| 14 | I let silence be my reply and wait for him to continue . |
| 15 | She grunted a reply and checked the lifts . |
| 16 | erm , er and I 'm have to take some time over this , so I think erm in the circumstances the better thing to do would be to adjourn this case till Monday morning and hope that Mr can so arrange his affairs to address me at half past ten on that day , er with Mr and with erm , whatever rights he has to erm deal with matters of this , come up a fresh in reply and to finish off , I 'm gon na leave it like that , a very much , and as I say as far , as far as tomorrow 's concerned that 's er not a difficulty with erm , either Mr informs me which is unlikely or I can , at least get a , make a start , er on the other aspects of the judgement , alright then half past ten on Monday morning |
| 17 | She muttered a brief reply and left . |
| 18 | The driver mumbled a non-committal reply and thrust a ten and two fives at the attendant . |
| 19 | He made some non-committal reply and thought no more about it until , a couple of days later , when the mob was actually storming the chancery building in the main square , he looked out of the window to see the assistant military attache playing the pipes . |
| 20 | Although an official response has already been sent off , Newsline readers may wish to pen their own reply and let us see if they can be as imaginative as the original writer . |
| 21 | She could n't summon up a whacky death-dealing reply and went into their mother 's beautiful garden to cry . |
| 22 | Valenzuela choked out a reply and watched while Bratti was shot by ‘ Fifa ’ Palma Ramirez , one of the most savage officers . |
| 23 | I thank my hon. Friend for that reply and understand the Government 's appreciation of the need for mature women in the labour market . |
| 24 | Arghatun stopped speaking and bowed , but it was the older man who growled a reply and showed his teeth . |
| 25 | She seemed pleased with my reply and smiled that crafty smile of hers . |
| 26 | She gave no reply but went on through the store-room , whose walls were lined with shelves , some holding bottles of sweets , others boxes of all sizes , then through another door and into a corridor , from which , six feet to the right of her , a door led into the store-room of the tobacconist shop . |
| 27 | He gave no reply but had n't believed her . |
| 28 | Boz made no reply but pushed rudely past Dolly and entered the room . |
| 29 | She made no reply but climbed out of bed . |
| 30 | I gathered from Doone 's face that it was n't the type of answer he 'd expected , but he pulled out a notebook and wrote down the reply as given , checking that he 'd got it right . |