Example sentences of "[noun sg] sent [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The department sent him on an Assertive Course .
2 Even though he had a job to go to with Birmingham Repertory Company , his agent sent him to the Rank interview for the experience .
3 The gallery sent her to the guillotine after seeing the Mirror 's pictures of her South of France frolics with John Bryan .
4 This was completed by 10th November , and Hall sent it to Palmerston on the following day .
5 So the sent me to the er eye infirmary and of course the eye infirmary sent me to the blind school .
6 These documents , the fitter sent them to the office .
7 The fitter sent them to the office , these documents .
8 They submitted a paper for publication and the editor sent it for reviews before deciding whether to publish it ask for revisions or reject it .
9 ‘ Our new steamer at Linthouse … the launching your husband sent me to … the Daphne ! ’
10 Yvonne Paul whose The Glamour Game ( W H Allen , £2.95 ) tells all about the Glamour Biz sent me in the blouse off her back , drenched in exotic perfume , as a ‘ thank-you ’ after I 'd interviewed her for the Daily Mail and mentioned how much I liked her get-up .
11 ‘ My dad was killed in the pit , and my ma died soon after , so Gran sent me to London .
12 At the diversion , the policeman sent him round the block .
13 National Service sent him into the Army , as he has described in Not all a Ball , and it was then , whilst on leave , that Minton 's ‘ irresistible , magical aura of ebullience and joie de vivre ’ offered such a liberating contrast with the high-pitched orders of NCOs and the brutalising routine of Army life .
14 With that comforting little homily , the King sent them on their way .
15 Later in 1054 the king sent him to Germany to arrange the return from Hungary of Edward Atheling [ q.v . ] .
16 The King sent you to me .
17 An English friend sent it to me .
18 His father sent him to Downing College in Cambridge to study under F. R. Leavis .
19 His father sent him after an owd man somewhere to come hoom ; and he had an owd pony .
20 ‘ My aunt sent me with an invitation for Silas to visit her .
21 I even did some psychodrama when a travel magazine sent me on a ‘ holistic holiday ’ to the island of Skyros .
22 My wife also read it and declared it superior to the equivalent magazine sent her by her old University — Oxford .
23 The prince sent it to her with his love , just like that .
24 The Sister sent me to her room , but she was n't there .
25 I had that and my mum sent me to ballet classes
26 The look of intense dislike Naylor sent her at her answer seared right through her .
27 Then the old man sent him to Manchester University for his degree .
28 Besides , I 've got the torch that Flick sent me for Christmas . ’
29 His firm sent him for a month to another part of the country , and at first he telephoned home every night ; but three weeks later she got a letter saying that he had met another woman and was planning to marry her as soon as possible .
30 Uncle sent me to St Bartholomew 's and Agrippa brought an old lady who fed me on a concoction of crushed moss mixed with the leavings of sour milk .
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