When asked on whose behalf he had bought the manuscript all he would reply was "an institution".

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"It wants to be an arch, " he would reply, making the brick's structural logic and expressive potential immediately and magically clear to anyone who heard him.

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He said he would reply to Mr Taylor in writing.

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' To which he would invariably reply, 'No!

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He said that if the reply was not to Mr Hygate's satisfaction, he would seek a judicial review with the aim of getting the suspension overturned.

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" (I'd like coffee with milk.) To which he'd smile and reply in perfect English: "Would you prefer your milk cold, or steamed?

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Another Conservative, Lord Newton of Braintree, told peers he agreed with "every word" Baroness Lister had said, and indicated he would be "strongly tempted" to vote for her amendment if the minister's reply was unsatisfactory.

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In opening remarks he said it would be "wholly improper" to level personal accusations against those who do not have right of reply and said it would not be fair to reveal "personal or sensitive" evidence, saying the police have to maintain confidence.

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My grandfather considered what he would say to the girl when he saw her next, how he could ask her, knowing she could not reply, about what she had seen, what the tiger was like.

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Although the Labour leader to did not directly reply, the BBC's Nick Robinson said Mr Miliband's aides later made it clear he would not have signed it as it stood - but would have stayed in the room and secured a better outcome.

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