Example sentences of "send [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In previous years the selection of the carnival queen had been organised by elimination contests in the town and surrounding villages , but 30 years ago the committee asked that young ladies should send in a copy of a recent photograph . |
| 2 | ‘ It was like a collective , you could either buy the porn through the mail , or you could send in a tape of yourself and get plugged into the apparatus that way , ’ explains David James , a film professor at the University of Southern California , who has researched the phenomenon . |
| 3 | I would send in a note addressed to Mellowes . |
| 4 | In the case of respondents whose arguments will be simply that the judgment of the court below is correct for the reasons given , counsel for the respondent can send in a letter to that effect in lieu of a skeleton argument . |
| 5 | I remember that it could whack a fist-sized stone well over the creek and twenty metres or more into the undulating ground on the mainland , and once I got keyed into its natural rhythm I could send off a shot every two seconds . |
| 6 | I desire he would send also a box of Castile soap , a chest of candles , four hats ( the sun does not like my complexion ) , a small case of drinking glasses ( the supply on board the Hopewell was dashed to pieces ) and should the passage lie by the isle of Madeira , a pipe of that nectar , for I have exhausted my store . |
| 7 | ‘ Please can you send up a bottle of Jim Beam , two glasses , a plate of steak sandwiches … ’ |
| 8 | Thorfinn said , ‘ He will either send back a fire-party and advance with the rest while he still has them in order , or he 'll abandon both his carts and his cover and bring them all on to finish us . ’ |
| 9 | In fact , ’ Corbett now tried to clear the doubts in his own mind , ‘ why did n't the Queen send out a search-party for her husband ? |
| 10 | Why , when the King did not arrive at Kinghorn , did Queen Yolande not send out a search-party ? |
| 11 | ‘ I have attempted to see Queen Yolande to ask her why she did not send out a search-party for the King when he failed to arrive at Kinghorn Manor . |
| 12 | another scenario that comes up quite often is that , somebody comes in and say my kids have n't had any food all over the weekend because you did n't send out a giro |
| 13 | Said a Drug Squad source : ‘ We are extremely pleased with these stiff sentences and it should send out a warning to those involved in the drugs scene that the courts are coming down hard on them . ’ |
| 14 | The lender will want to make sure the property is worth the price you have agreed to pay and will send out a valuer or surveyor to make an assessment . |
| 15 | Will she send out a message to those who oppose smoking and belong to the brigade who say , ’ Do as I say and as I instruct you , ’ to the effect that they should leave ordinary people to get on with the job of smoking and supporting the economy ? |
| 16 | He and Flora had arrived three hours after we did , just as the hotel manager was suggesting we should send out a truck to meet them . |
| 17 | Some bats can send out a stream of two hundred clicks in a single second , each lasting only a thousandth of a second and spaced sufficiently from the other to allow each echo to be heard . |
| 18 | In May this year the Registration Officer , who is the person responsible for collecting Poll Tax , will send out a form to every household asking for the name , address and date of birth of everyone who will be 18 or over by 1st April 1991 ( that is , everyone who will be 17 or over when Poll Tax is introduced ) . |
| 19 | One party may then send out a copy of its standard terms . |
| 20 | If not , in Sister 's present mood , she 'll probably send out a landing party of the Royal Marines to round you boys up . |
| 21 | In February or March next year , the Revenue will send out a bulk issue of payslips for the year 1993/94 only . |
| 22 | Speaking of his intention to attend the funeral , he said he hoped it would send out a signal for peace and democracy in the region . |
| 23 | Maybe the boat leaks — we 'll sink , and no one knows we 're here so they wo n't even send out a search party … . |
| 24 | ‘ We were just wondering whether we should send out a search party , ’ they told her . |
| 25 | You can get onto the market by cheque , or do a telegraphic transfer from your bank to ours , or I can send round a bike … |