Example sentences of "sent [pers pn] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | COLWYN BAY 'S BJ Welsh Knockout Cup campaign ended in disaster when unfancied Pontblyddyn sent them crashing out with a seven-wicket blasting . |
| 2 | Another sharp turn sent them soaring out of a tunnel mouth in the side of a vast cavern . |
| 3 | For a few seconds they encouraged the dogs to sniff and lick the blood — to reaffirm their hunting instinct — then , shouting and waving their arms , they sent them scurrying back to the shadows to wait for bones and other bits of debris . |
| 4 | Thus flighted , I sent them shooting out over the mud and the water towards their suffocating ends ; then I buried them , using as coffins the big matchboxes we always kept by the stove , and which I had been saving for years and using as toy-soldier containers , model houses and so on . |
| 5 | The shock and force of it sent her reeling back against the wall once more . |
| 6 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 7 | Then he nudged Wa again , and sent him scurrying off down a nearby alley into the heart of the city . |
| 8 | Corbett rose from his stool and sent it flying back with a crash . |
| 9 | With a sudden swift movement , he seized the shotgun with his left hand and sent it whirling off into the night after the pistol . |