Example sentences of "[verb] a letter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He provided a letter from ‘ Richard Neville , Editor , Hippy Review , Turramurra North ’ , to the New Statesman : ‘ Sir : There 's a new generation with a new explanation , everybody should get VD , when you come to Notting Hill wear a big flower in your wig . |
| 2 | He again promised a letter from John Wright , but instead it was he who again wrote at the end of October , ‘ You obviously have n't read my letter carefully . ’ |
| 3 | I suspect that your desire to write a letter about beating children reflects an especially high level of interest in the subject . |
| 4 | I am going to have to write a letter of explanation to the Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Continuing concern about the lack of secure accommodation has prompted a group of prominent people in the county to write a letter of protest to the Home Office and the Welsh Secretary David Hunt . |
| 6 | I had to write a letter of apology to the Children 's Department about the incident , which had n't done our already bad standing with them any good at all . ’ |
| 7 | Sometimes , when Henry was trying to write a letter of apology to the analyst for having quit , and wondering whether the man was all right — and when Finch was pondering the need to do the same thing — they would wander off together and watch Cecil coaching the people he referred to as ‘ the speaking parts . ’ |
| 8 | To write a letter of about 100 words based on given data . |
| 9 | To write a letter of 150–200 words based on given data . |
| 10 | Then she sat down to write a letter to an old friend , the editor of her chosen journal . |
| 11 | ‘ Rose , ’ she said , ‘ I want to write a letter to my daughter , my daughter in Germany . |
| 12 | But the niece was very bitter about it — I had to write a letter to her solicitors a year or so later because she 'd been bothering Angela long after the estate was settled . ’ |
| 13 | On his way he visited Rycote House in Oxfordshire to write a letter to his beloved monarch . |
| 14 | The fourth book featured a scene in which a man planned to write a letter to his Father and Mother telling them of his new-found happiness , but he never could bring himself to write the letter . |
| 15 | One possible way of getting round the problem of the ‘ doorstep ’ explanation is to write a letter to people in the sample to let them know in advance of the survey and the coming call by an interviewer . |
| 16 | HOW TO WRITE A LETTER to Feedback ( R4 ) , rule one : always be incandescent with rage about something so minor that a normal person would not even notice it , let alone write to complain . |
| 17 | She suggested I might like to write a letter to head office . |
| 18 | ‘ You want me to write a letter to your wife ? ’ |
| 19 | Participants were asked to write a letter to themselves as if from an imaginary — or real — ex-pupil , expressing their appreciation for the contribution that they , the teachers , had made to the pupil 's life . |
| 20 | I want you to write a letter to your government . ’ |
| 21 | One such occasion caused Leslie Edwards to write a letter to The Times which was published on 18 September , 1937 . |
| 22 | They decided to write a letter to Angel Clare , to inform him of the dangerous situation his wife was in . |
| 23 | That night , after they make love , Mark falls asleep and Babur goes into the living room to write a letter to his parents . |
| 24 | He is certainly not expected to telephone or to write a letter to the proprietor of the machine . |
| 25 | ‘ If you wanted to write a letter to your daughter and give it to me , I could address it to Miss — to Clare for you . |
| 26 | This causes her to write a letter to God , asking for a sign , because she can not understand what has happened . |
| 27 | It is essential , for example , that school-leavers should be able to write a letter in polite , direct , and simple style , using appropriate formulae to begin and end it . |
| 28 | Catherine Hobaiter , 11 , of Redcar , a pupil at Teesside High School , was runner-up in a national newspaper competition to write a letter in no more than 20 words to Environment Minister David Trippier on what can be done for the environment . |
| 29 | Gay , she knew , must be desperate to write a letter like that , for never before had she lowered her flag to such an extent . |
| 30 | Any man can be unfaithful , but it takes special circumstances to write a letter like that . ’ |