Example sentences of "sent [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could have sent me to prison for two years but that would have been political suicide . ’ |
| 2 | These poor folk , whose lack of privilege is just one of the many thrusting reasons that have sent me to the bosom , not to mention the buttocks , of today 's quite heavenly Labour Party , may find that my pronunciamentos become somewhat impenetrable once past the ninth , tenth , or even twenty-third of their constituent subordinate clauses , so that the very juicy and surprisingly supple points that I make are lost amidst their attendant persiflage . |
| 3 | ‘ You should 've sent me to a decent school , ’ said Camille . |
| 4 | Sensing impending doom , their mother had sent them to be hidden in the Gaean vale . |
| 5 | ‘ You have n't sent them to boarding school ? ’ |
| 6 | However , this has been used mainly for those whose crimes would not have sent them to prison anyway . |
| 7 | The two tiny suits of armour still stood where they belonged since some remote knight had given them up ( sent them to the attic of the day , like old hunting boots ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I have sent them to my brother in the Northern Capital until you solve this for us . ’ |
| 9 | If you 'd had any IOUs you 'd have sent them to my father , ’ she counter-attacked . |
| 10 | erm , so you , that 's when he said he would send one to me , but he 's obviously sent them to , and Cath 's , Cath 's had one |
| 11 | Qualification for the European Championship in 1992 came after Romania drew with Bulgaria in their last match when a two-goal win would have sent them to Sweden instead of Scotland . |
| 12 | ‘ How many interviews have I sent you to ? ’ |
| 13 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 14 | His parents had sent him to Oslo immediately after Hitler 's annexation of Austria , when he was only nine . |
| 15 | He was roller-coasting towards a high-rise career and now they had sent him to this stinking backwater to test further his resolve and capability . |
| 16 | Fleury , of course , had no business being there at all , but Harry had sent him to the Residency with a message and while passing by he had found the defence so desperately hard pressed that he had forgotten all about Harry . |
| 17 | " He 's the son of a very good business friend of ours , who 's sent him to school at Sales Abbey , that 's with the Benedictines , and he 's currently returning home , he has permission to leave school early this term for some reason and return home . " |
| 18 | ‘ I wish to hell I 'd never sent him to your school . ’ |
| 19 | They 've sent him to Pentonville , es n't tha ’ right ? ’ |
| 20 | Instead , his GP had sent him to Crosshouse Hospital near Kilmarnock , where he died from a colloid cyst in the brain . |
| 21 | Had I still been suspicious of a haemorrhage I would have sent him to Edinburgh for a brain scan . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah that 's right , very good , so nine , by pouring out this holy spirit and Jesus , Jehovah was er knighting him or appointing him to be the king of this coming kingdom , thing thus have anointed with the spirit , Jesus became the Messiah , which words in the Hebrew and Greek languages mean appoint , a anointed , therefore he became in fact Jesus Christ or Jesus the United , so , so it was Apostle Peter spoke of Jesus who was from Nazareth , Nazareth , how about anointed them , but all the spirit and power , also by his baptism and water , Jesus was presenting himself to God , to carry out the work that God had sent him to earth to do , what was that important work ? |
| 23 | but if he had sent him to the eye hospital he 'd have waited two years . |
| 24 | And they kept her there when they could have sent her to hospital . |
| 25 | " I realise how alien Topaz 's behaviour must seem to you , but God has sent her to us to teach and train and to make her accept Him as we do . |
| 26 | Gambling was n't exactly the purpose for which Sister Beatrice had sent her to Stone Towers , but she shrugged off her misgivings . |
| 27 | The reason Nicola 's GP had sent her to me was that the little girl would n't sleep at night , had tantrums and breath-holding attacks , and her mother wondered if she was allergic to something she was eating . |
| 28 | To have the thing scraped or vacuumed out of her womb , the very thought of it last night had sent her to the bathroom , heaving over the modern white lavatory . |
| 29 | Her parents had sent her to the convent , and she begged them to let her become a Catholic after she 'd been there only a year . |
| 30 | ‘ The man I 've sent her to is very good , ’ said Julius . |