Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a letter from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Secretary has received a letter from Mr. Doug Baird , Press Officer for I.O.M. Tourism , to the effect that Saddle Mews has won the Island in Bloom award for the BEST VILLAGE — no mean achievement , and even better than last year when we were awarded 1st prize in the ESTATE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD section . |
| 2 | He has received a letter from one of the farmers which I sent him a few days ago . |
| 3 | He has yet to receive his cheque but has received a letter from BR 's legal department to say it is on its way . |
| 4 | But after her refusal , Carol has received a letter from the council saying it has ‘ discharged itself of the responsibility of rehousing her as a homeless person ’ . |
| 5 | She has received a letter from Liverpool Council threatening court action if she does not pay her arrears . |
| 6 | Speaking of regulars , the comp complex has had a letter from G Douglas Vaisey pointing out what we all know , viz that ‘ the compers club is a mite exclusive ’ . |
| 7 | Black Michael has had a letter from Zenda , so perhaps he knows already . |
| 8 | just when we got back off holiday we 'd got a letter from |
| 9 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 10 | He decided to speak : ‘ She said she 'd had a letter from the lawyer . ’ |
| 11 | The book is said to mention a letter from the Duke of Edinburgh to the princess , warning her to toe the line , and claims the princess was forced to go on the present tour as a publicity stunt to demonstrate the couple 's unity . |
| 12 | Yeats recalls receiving a letter from Lionel Johnson ‘ denouncing Wilde with great bitterness ’ ; Johnson believed that Wilde got a ‘ ‘ sense of triumph and power , at every dinner-table he dominated , from the knowledge that he was guilty of that sin which , more than any other possible to man , would turn all those people against him if they but knew'' ’ ( Yeats , Autobiographies , 285 ) . |
| 13 | I hope you do n't mind answering a letter from a man , but I do n't know how to cope with this woman in my office . |
| 14 | One day soon , a man is going to bring a letter from Queen Elizabeth . |
| 15 | You may have received a letter from them early in 1984 asking for up to date details . |
| 16 | Number one is British National Corpus , members will have received a letter from the chief executive enclosing details about the British National Corpus , the B N C have sought permission to tape the Wiltshire County Council 's Committee meeting , and it was suggested to them and they have agreed to tape today 's proceedings . |
| 17 | I would have expected a letter from him . |
| 18 | In one of her letters the poet mentions having had a letter from an aunt whom she describes as ‘ sententious ’ [ ML , 2 , 311 ] . |
| 19 | a point at the moment , with the life of the county , I think that we should great potential and great opportunity available to us , and I do hope that all members will er , and I 've written to all our members of parliament with a copy of my letter , er , I had I 've had er , I know it 's been the Christmas period , and that they 're only just getting back into things , and there 's been a lot of diversions at length , and I do have a letter from , er I heard from er , Edward , er , Mr Edward Lee , and and , I still have to hear it from er , the rest of them . |
| 20 | I think I did get a letter from you in Danu when you got back first all those years ago , I remember I gave the stamps to my nephew . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've received a letter from your Health Promotion erm Liaison Officer , can I ask you if this was sent on your behalf ? ’ |
| 22 | Bloom got on to me and said he had received a letter from this young . |
| 23 | On another occasion I had received a letter from my mother — not usually given to handing out advice : |
| 24 | A government spokesman said Professor Guido de Marco , Foreign Minister , had received a letter from his Libyan counterpart informing him that the two bomb suspects had asked to be tried in Malta , and asking Malta to accede to this request . |
| 25 | Jennie called me into the office and said that I could n't go as she had received a letter from my mother . |
| 26 | For example : Mr. Butlin , the house surgeon and secretary , reported that he had received a letter from Mr. Whitworth , the Town Clerk , informing him that Bedford Corporation had agreed to subscribe five guineas per annum . |
| 27 | ‘ Would n't it be lovely if Terry was one of them ? ’ a colleague said , but Sarah said quietly that she had received a letter from him and knew when he would arrive . |
| 28 | Clearing his throat noisily , Price perched a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles on his nose and announced he had received a letter from India . |
| 29 | DM informed the Group that he had received a letter from the Open University , who have taken over the CNAA 's role in validating research degrees undertaken outside the academic sector . |
| 30 | had received a letter from an Australian student on reconstruction work , with photographs . |