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

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1 It had been their intention to send her to a finishing school in France or Germany , but she had begged so hard to be allowed to stay where she was , with Breeze and Gay .
2 Briefly Jaq entertained the notion that he was being tested by some Hidden Master of his secret order who had instructed Baal Firenze to send him to Stalinvast to assess whether Jaq possessed supreme courage and insight — enough for him to become a Hidden Master himself .
3 Do you know it is possible because of the fear of people around you , the fear of your peers , the fear of what men may say , of what your family will think , of what your work mates might say about you , it is possible to allow that fear to send you to hell .
4 ‘ I think it would be a great pity to send it through the post , ’ he said .
5 She has started to reject the liver and bowel she received in a transplant last year after a huge fund-raising campaign to send her to America .
6 If you muck about in the class the lecturers have got every right to send you off the course .
7 ‘ ( 1 ) Whether it is for the buyer to take possession of the goods or for the seller to send them to the buyer is a question depending in each case on the contract , express or implied , between the parties .
8 Christmas gifts are very much personal gifts in that there is no need to send them to everyone on your lists .
9 Magistrate Daphne Wickham freed Bridges , 20 , at London 's Thames court after finding there was insufficient evidence to send him for trial .
10 Staff there standby their decision to send him to Springhill
11 During 1941 Hillary persuaded the Air Ministry to send him to the United States on a speaking tour .
12 ‘ Well , I 'll get Mum to send them to the Tower then , how about that ?
13 I knew that they 'd still written me a , a second letter , like asking permission to send it through the erm what do you call it ?
14 Despite this , my parents found the wherewithal to send me to a cheap fee-paying dayschool .
15 Saskia slammed the lift doors shut while Mogul hit the control to send it on its way .
16 We 'll have another message to send them in a minute . ’
17 And when William came back from Germany and a decision had to be made about his education , he argued that it made sense to send him to the state school , the same as Preston .
18 And not even an air raid warning to send them into the cellars .
19 If the French should take them and see them directed to such noted men , they might take care to send them to them .
20 When I asked where I should send the woman I was told to contact the neurosurgical bed manager , who would tell me which ward to send her to .
21 I think we 've got mum to thank as well for erm convincing the doctor to send him into Southwold .
22 ‘ The whole House thing was happening then , so they thought it would be a good idea to send us to Chicago , ’ says Eric .
23 At the next tourist-trap , she bought an old-fashioned post-card and paid a small fortune from her new salary to send it to Witwaterstrand .
24 Then his uncle had decided that it was time to send him to school .
25 There was no time to send it by ship , so with the help of B & F Aircraft , another sponsor and an $8,000 fee , it was freighted in a B747F .
26 Regretting ‘ that he had no power to send him to prison without the option of a fine ’ , the magistrate imposed a fine of 40 shillings ( probably amounting to more than a month 's wages ) or twenty-one days ' hard labour .
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