Example sentences of "[prep] send [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been talk of sending me to a special school , but my family were not ready to accept such an open acknowledgment of my disability , and the excuse was again made about academic standards . |
| 2 | It never occurred to me that other children were n't spoiled as a matter of course , the way I was , and it would be years — and my father would be dead — before I understood that the expense of sending me to a boarding school was just an excuse , and the simple , sentimental truth was that they knew they would have missed me . |
| 3 | Obviously , if your document uses Monotype 's Times New Roman then there 's no earthly point in sending it to a bureau that has n't got the face . |
| 4 | The first agency I went to sent me to a photographer to have some pictures taken for my portfolio . |
| 5 | and er , he said if he 's not better , any better when he goes back in a fortnight he 's gon na send him to a chest specialist , but you 've been a lot better have n't you ? |
| 6 | The Movement came to her aid by sending her on a secretarial course and finding her a part-time job with a City accountant . |
| 7 | Please spare my copies in future by sending them in a pale pink envelope with flowers on . |
| 8 | The world is not altogether reformed by cheap tours , nor is the inherent vulgarity of the British Philistine going to be eradicated by sending him with a through ticket and a bundle of hotel coupons to Egypt and the Holy Land … |