Example sentences of "was sent [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The PSP reconsidered their policy of total opposition to the guerrilla strategy late in July 1958 , when Carlos Rafael Rodriguez was sent up into the Sierra , where he encountered ‘ understanding ’ in Rául 's encampment and ’ suspicion' in Fidel 's ( Thomas : 1977 , pp. 220–1 ) .
2 One of Fletcher 's rotary engines was sent up to the Empress Works for repair .
3 Of course I was in a fever to hear again , but as his regiment was sent back into the line , I did not have further word till April , when he responded to that phrase with the comment : ‘ I think you would consider that this lily has grown into rather a thistle … seriously , though , I 'm not the same little lad you last saw ; I feel so much older because of my life in the last year . ’
4 The thin man was sent back along the ride to the point where it left the northern highway with orders to watch there , while Crane returned to patrol the width of forest between the camp and the Swamp .
5 By 391 votes to 6 , the proposed text was sent back to the drafting committee .
6 In his post-election Cabinet reshuffle Sandys was sent back to the Ministry of Supply to use his undoubted energies to create the much needed Ministry of Aviation .
7 While they were there , complicated moves were made to try and have these orders extended by a Children 's Panel Hearing in Inverness , but the case was sent back to the Orkney Panel .
8 News about this dynamic activist was sent back to the Gold Coast , and he seemed just the man they needed to organise a political organisation to associate a mass following with the upper-middle-class political elite , who were already restless within the confines of the Burns constitution .
9 If Patrick was sent back to the hospital he might be temporarily revived , but only briefly and perhaps in some damaged state .
10 A farm-boy who came up to help was sent back to the farmhouse to cancel the fire-brigade call .
11 But he immediately disagreed with the producer about the politics of the show , and was sent back to the Science Unit .
12 He was sent back to the front only twenty-one days after Lieutenant Makepeace had leapt up and shouted , ‘ Follow me . ’
13 According to a House of Commons motion , the leak was traced through a system of numbered copies of the 752-page document , which was sent out to the authorities investigating possible criminal proceedings resulting from the report 's conclusions .
14 A special light-weight tripod was sent out from the UK ( and after much greasing of palms , finally made it through customs ) .
15 Matthew was sent off to the yard , but Riddle was n't there and Matthew reckoned he had n't been there . ’
16 In the midst of his second year he was sent off to the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth , for a crash course in everything Welsh prior to his investiture as Prince of Wales in the summer of 1969 .
17 Brentford striker Gary Blissett was sent off for the foul that resulted in Uzzell going to hospital for an operation to rebuild his cheek on December 14 .
18 Blissett , 28 , was sent off for the challenge and received an automatic three-match ban for violent conduct under the FA disciplinary code .
19 Blissett , of Rickmansworth , Herts , was sent off by the referee after the challenge , in a Third Division match last December .
20 Cardiff will be without their international hooker Ian Watkins , who was sent off in the game with Pontypridd on Boxing Day , and also the Lions three-quarter Mike Hall whose former club Bridgend have not yet granted him a transfer .
21 Blissett , 28 , was sent off after the incident in December 1991 .
22 Blissett , 28 , of Rickmansworth , Herts , was sent off after the clash in December 1991 .
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