Example sentences of "[verb] a letter " 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 | He also criticized Aziz for refusing to accept a letter reiterating the US position from Bush to Saddam Hussein . |
| 4 | ‘ How would you like to have to ask for a penny to buy a stamp if you wanted to write a letter ? ’ she would ask . |
| 5 | My attitude is that if somebody has taken the trouble to write a letter , they deserve a reply . |
| 6 | Then she sat down to write a letter to an old friend , the editor of her chosen journal . |
| 7 | ‘ Rose , ’ she said , ‘ I want to write a letter to my daughter , my daughter in Germany . |
| 8 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | I am going to have to write a letter of explanation to the Prime Minister . |
| 11 | When she got home , she felt for the first time in months the need to write a letter , to commit her thoughts and feelings to paper and communicate through the medium of paper and pen with someone . |
| 12 | On his way he visited Rycote House in Oxfordshire to write a letter to his beloved monarch . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 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 | Gay , she knew , must be desperate to write a letter like that , for never before had she lowered her flag to such an extent . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I suspect that your desire to write a letter about beating children reflects an especially high level of interest in the subject . |
| 19 | She suggested I might like to write a letter to head office . |
| 20 | ANNETTE BENING : ‘ I was up for the part of a prostitute in Dangerous Liaisons , the one whose backside John Malkovich uses to write a letter . |
| 21 | The major response of the inspectorate was to write a letter stating what was wrong , and how and when it might be improved . |
| 22 | If you are ill you may want to write a letter than can be read and re-read in the future . |
| 23 | ‘ You want me to write a letter to your wife ? ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I have been taking Woodworker now for some 10 years and have at last been inspired to write a letter replying to that of David Thomas in the December issue . |
| 27 | Erm shit that reminds me I 've got to write a letter . |
| 28 | 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 . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | Also still trying to write a letter . |