Example sentences of "reply [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formal shouts of challenge and reply were made between the guards on the watchtowers and the approaching horsemen , and a moment later there were hooves clattering in the yard . |
| 2 | England in reply were dismissed for 454 , with Les Ames ( 137 ) and ‘ Gubby ’ Allen ( 122 ) putting on an eighth-wicket partnership of 246 , which still stands as a Test record for that wicket . |
| 3 | Either party , or the tribunal of its own motion , may request further and better particulars of the grounds on which the claim or reply is based . |
| 4 | A letter is sent out , and if no reply is received an officer calls . |
| 5 | The switchboard can automatically call the guest 's room at regular intervals until a reply is received . |
| 6 | If no reply is received within 14 days , a further reminder will be sent to the plaintiff 's solicitor . |
| 7 | If no reply is received , walk to the other side and call from there . |
| 8 | If no reply is received from the employer by 1 May then the Adjudication Officer will make a decision . |
| 9 | The issue has been referred back to the MacLeod Estates , from whom a reply is awaited . |
| 10 | One speech in reply is permitted and the question is then put . |
| 11 | The only rule of law is that an offer by telegram raises a presumption that a speedy reply is expected ( Quenerduaine v. Cole ) , and therefore the lapse of a whole day would normally be too long . |
| 12 | I 've got one or two questions I 'd like to ask you and I wonder what your reply is gon na be . |
| 13 | If you are writing , include a brief account of your education and experience ; also a stamped self-addressed envelope for a reply is appreciated . |
| 14 | Often when people have enquired about my subject area , my reply is greeted with a polite , " Oh ! " followed by a change of conversation . |
| 15 | Now then I was going to ask one simple question and that is , has anyone thought about keep sending postcards to people , er if the , erm reply is going to be delayed in any way , because at least then the person if there 's sufficiently good reference will be able to , phone up and say look you know , yes I 'm not happy , it seems to me that that would be a way forward on that , erm . |
| 16 | Turnbull busies himself with his clipboard as his reply is translated . |
| 17 | Instead a reply was sent from the Department of the Environment who have the job of implementing existing Conservative policy . |
| 18 | A copy of this was forwarded for our attention in early March and a reply was sent on 24 March , a copy of which is enclosed herewith . |
| 19 | Ward 's reply was lost in the sound of the engine , and when I opened my eyes again we were bumping along the bank of what looked like an old Inca canal . |
| 20 | This prompted some quips during which Vanessa 's reply was lost . |
| 21 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
| 22 | The reply was murmured into the string of turquoise shark 's teeth she wore round her neck . |
| 23 | The old man 's surprised reply was tinged with pleasure . |
| 24 | No reply was received but the group later heard that Bashir had been released . |
| 25 | A letter requesting help was sent to Ringway , near Manchester , where airborne troops in Britain were trained , but no reply was received . |
| 26 | No reply was received from the Conservative Party . |
| 27 | A reply was received but again no luck . |
| 28 | Enquiries were made into the feasibility of ferrying Spitfires into this tiny field but the same reply was received from all contacted who were unanimous in replying that the airfield was too small to accommodate a Spitfire landing . |
| 29 | In 90 cases , no reply was received . |
| 30 | The first inkling that anything was wrong came when Prestatyn station box rang Chester Control to query the foreign engine running through his platform , but it was out of section before the reply was received . |