Example sentences of "be writing to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anxious readers of the Daily Telegraph have been writing to me in their thousands to ask : what happens to these celebrities in the event of a hung parliament ? |
| 2 | We 've been writing to each other for eight years but had never met until this year . |
| 3 | County are in danger of suffering their second relegation in successive seasons , and Pavis said : ‘ People have been writing to me asking when I 'm going to sack the manager . ’ |
| 4 | The two cousins had been writing to each other in secret for several weeks , and Cathy had used the milkman as a messenger . |
| 5 | For about a year , since the summer before last , in fact , I had been writing to her and she to me and , because of the distance and something else I have n't been able to put my finger on ( maybe a need for excitement ) , the letters had become more and more sentimental , more and more loving , more and more like proper love letters . |
| 6 | ‘ Have you been writing to him ? ’ |
| 7 | It dealt with something about which I had been writing to Social Security Ministers for about six months — abuse of the benefit-in-kind regulations , whereby highly paid people were paying themselves in gilt unit trusts . |
| 8 | She 's been writing to the Health Minister , her local MP and Norma Major every day for 2 weeks and plans to continue . |
| 9 | A woman who 's been writing to a convicted killer facing the gas chamber in America is to visit him on Death Row . |
| 10 | Explaining why he did not foresee a cut in interest rates in the near future , he said : ‘ I have to take into account the needs of savers , many of whom have been writing to me recently , the exchange rate which causes concern to some people — and I believe what people above all want is stability . ’ |
| 11 | Once Celie finds out her sister was still alive and had been writing to her for all this time but she had not received any letters because Albert had intercepted the letters , she stopped writing to God . |
| 12 | Has been writing to big businesses for money to help their funds . |
| 13 | ‘ We are writing to you to ask for your support in our battle for men , ’ ‘ For too long now , we have had to endure an overly-sensitive onslaught from the feminists . |
| 14 | If you are writing to your local Social Security office with a query you should quote either your national insurance number ( or your spouse 's ) or your pension number if you have already started receiving your pension . |
| 15 | Dear Mrs Johnson or Dear Joan ( depending on how well you know the person you are writing to ) |
| 16 | If you are writing to a woman whose marital status you are unaware of , then the title Ms can be used . |
| 17 | If you are clear who you are writing to and address them directly , the tone of your letter has a good chance of appropriately expressing your message . |
| 18 | Begin and end the letter in a way suitable to the person you are writing to . |
| 19 | Buckingham Palace , 12th December 1987 My dear Miss Jones , We are writing to you to express our sincere gratitude for the way in which you recently risked your life by diving in front of the runaway horse of one of our Lifeguards to save one of our Royal corgis . |
| 20 | We are writing to all existing claimants to let them know how the change will affect them . |
| 21 | Get people along get the information networked and also to maintain a political presence amongst the people who are writing to or potentially to vote for us . |
| 22 | A mother and daughter in the Forest of Dean are writing to more than fifty prisoners in America … including convicted killers on death row . |
| 23 | Branch secretary Jack Amos explained : ‘ We are writing to all clubs in the branch to see if there is sufficient interest in such a competition and if there is we will get things moving as soon as possible . ’ |
| 24 | AN outraged couple are writing to the Prime Minister after a teenage drink driver who wrecked their £9,000 dream car was fined just £22 . |
| 25 | It is with regret that we are writing to you in order to register our continuing concern about the decision taken at F&S ; on Tuesday . |
| 26 | I am writing to you about the case of Im Su-Kyong , who was arrested for ten years for attending a peace march from North Korea to South Korea . |
| 27 | I am writing to you to ask if it is possible to obtain drawings , designs and or working instructions for making what is known as a Steamer Chair . |
| 28 | But if you have the gift of sight , please close your eyes … and I feel confident you will extend a helping hand to those on whose behalf I am writing to you . |
| 29 | I am writing to you about your father . |
| 30 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |