Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] sent to the " in BNC.

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1 Dr. Goldsmith did n't want to certify the man at first , but later relented , and Sabey was sent to the asylum .
2 Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 .
3 Clark scored a fourth try , Roger Simpson clinging ineffectually to his shirt , though the visitors ' impetus was halted when Mark Elia was sent to the sin bin for a high tackle on David Cooper .
4 Dara he kept at court , showered with favours and titles , while Aurangzeb was sent to the empire 's southernmost border , the unruly Deccan .
5 A coastguard helicopter from Sumburgh in the Shetlands was sent to the platform and other helicopters alerted .
6 Atkins was sent to the bar for drinks which would suggest that he had the lowest standing or rank .
7 In 1941 , as part of the work he was undertaking , Delano was sent to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico , but the inevitable involvement of the United States in World War II cancelled his assignment prematurely .
8 Durham , in 1923 , the son of Henry Percy and Stella Barclay Douglas , Mr Douglas was sent to the Friends ' School after attending St. Olave 's Boys ' Preparatory School in Ripon now attached to the cathedral as the choir school .
9 RUC were reduced to 10 men after Murray was sent to the sideline for persistent defending .
10 Strong was sent to the hospital last year after he admitted the manslaughter of his landlord , retired broker Ronald Baker , 70 , at Benfleet , Essex .
11 On reaching London in April 1648 , Crowe was sent to the Tower , where he remained until 1656 .
12 In eighteen thirty one Charlotte was sent to the , to Roe Head School at Murfield She was at first homesick , but eventually carried off three prizes .
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