Example sentences of "had a letter [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have not had a letter for at least a fortnight , whereas I used to get one or two every other day or so . |
| 2 | The department 's ‘ O ’ Level results had been very good the previous year and he had had a letter of congratulation from the Assistant Education Officer responsible for the school . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've even had a letter from the President 's office asking for your date of return . |
| 4 | Mr Adley has since had a letter from the deposed Mrs Thatcher , welcoming the eventual restoration of relations with Syria . |
| 5 | In one of her letters the poet mentions having had a letter from an aunt whom she describes as ‘ sententious ’ [ ML , 2 , 311 ] . |
| 6 | The trouble was that Arnold said he had had a letter from a Mr Anderson who wanted to caddie for him as well . |
| 7 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 8 | I 've had a letter from Mrs Duncan , a teacher at the local primary school , and she 's interested in leasing your cottage . |
| 9 | I have had a letter from Margaret Rogers , one of our most loyal comp setters . |
| 10 | And now I have had a letter from Katie Mallett , saying she will not be entering no 3225 ‘ because I did n't see the TV exposé of Summerhill , and have n't got the faintest clue what it 's like ’ . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | I 've just had a letter from her . |
| 13 | He 'd just had a letter from Joan telling him she was pregnant and had already chosen the name Jasmine if the child was a girl . |
| 14 | I 've even had a letter from Lady Mayhew who before she realized who it was , found herself asking Anna for the whereabouts of Dijon mustard . ’ |
| 15 | I 've had a letter from our Ken He writes , pensioners are now , are growing vi vital contingency including many active gift enable people with other use , there often made to feel unwanted , there commonly neglected and there needs are seldom frequently met . |
| 16 | No , Val , have we still not had a letter from er |
| 17 | Black Michael has had a letter from Zenda , so perhaps he knows already . |
| 18 | On the 1st of January " in that year Sir Daniel had also had a letter from a Robert Tolson about the leasing of his copper mines . |
| 19 | We 've had a letter from erm the Mayor 's parlour , , saying that he 's er going to visit the parish on the first of May to attend the commemorative service . |
| 20 | We 've also had a letter from Southwell Civic Society about the church free car park . |
| 21 | We 've now had a letter from Simon , as you asked us to get , on the trees and recreation ground , saying that , yes indeed , he says he now points out that there are dangers in the willow tree and also the dead Leylandi erm behind the children 's play area , and also some of the dead wood which we 've already identified . |
| 22 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Kronweiser had just had a letter from his departmental head , a man whose word made or marred men 's careers , a man almost as sensitive to fashionable currents as roly-poly Dwight himself . |
| 24 | Quite by chance in collecting material for I have come across a cousin who is the communications and Public relations person at so I am to put them in touch with each other as the one in London has just had a letter from another in Vancouver trying to do family research . |
| 25 | Dame Diana has already had a letter from him , welcoming her to his church and pulpit . |
| 26 | She had had a letter from Edwin 's solicitor asking her to come to his office the following day . |
| 27 | He decided to speak : ‘ She said she 'd had a letter from the lawyer . ’ |
| 28 | I married Clive because Mummy told me he was suitable for me , and I had n't had a letter from Felipe for a long time … |
| 29 | He 's had a letter from Hereford General Hospital telling him he 'll have to wait again because the hospital has run out of money . |
| 30 | ‘ I have had a letter from Maureen in which she says Niazy has written to her , telling her she was involved at that time and while he is in prison , she will stay in prison . |