Example sentences of "he [vb past] a [adj] letter to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just before his release from this five-year sentence , he sent a threatening letter to Terry saying that he intended to ‘ get him ’ . |
| 2 | He wrote a decisive letter to Newton and then tore it up and burnt it . |
| 3 | He wrote a pathetic letter to his lord , describing his condition in prison where he lay bound with fetters of iron and beseeching aid from the Earl of March to secure his deliverance . |
| 4 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 5 | Condemning US military aid to the regime , he wrote an open letter to President Carter asking him to withdraw his support . |