Example sentences of "send [pers pn] [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics wrote of the leitmotif for Malvolio that it ‘ captured the colour mus-tard ’ , and that Guérigny was ‘ positively acrobatic in his ability to turn little themes on their heads and send them spinning out of hearing ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's the easiest way of getting your firewood — cut the trees at the edge of the forest and send them rolling down to the bottom . |
| 3 | But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised . |
| 4 | A sudden movement or an abrupt noise will send them skittering back to the safety of the water . |
| 5 | We take a look at nine of the hottest designs around that 'll send you panting off to the outdoor shops |
| 6 | Miles powered up the starpod 's sensor arrays , enhancing his own senses and sending them arcing out into space in search of the planet of his birth . |
| 7 | First I pulled the great ladder away from the tower , sending it crashing back into the trees . |
| 8 | His head smacked firmly and noisily on the low metal ceiling of the tank , threatening to send him spinning back into unconsciousness almost straight away . |
| 9 | I had just seen Dad and another man carrying a tool box to safety when a loud shout from a policeman sent me scurrying back from my vantage point . |
| 10 | COLWYN BAY 'S BJ Welsh Knockout Cup campaign ended in disaster when unfancied Pontblyddyn sent them crashing out with a seven-wicket blasting . |
| 11 | Another sharp turn sent them soaring out of a tunnel mouth in the side of a vast cavern . |
| 12 | For a few seconds they encouraged the dogs to sniff and lick the blood — to reaffirm their hunting instinct — then , shouting and waving their arms , they sent them scurrying back to the shadows to wait for bones and other bits of debris . |
| 13 | Thus flighted , I sent them shooting out over the mud and the water towards their suffocating ends ; then I buried them , using as coffins the big matchboxes we always kept by the stove , and which I had been saving for years and using as toy-soldier containers , model houses and so on . |
| 14 | The shock rocked the gallery and sent her sprawling back into Atrimonides . |
| 15 | The shock and force of it sent her reeling back against the wall once more . |
| 16 | There was an odd quality to the tone he used that sent her rushing in to speech . |
| 17 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |
| 18 | Uproar then , and shouts of : ‘ The nigger 's got th'measure , short-arse … fist like a cannon ball … who 'll have twopence on him to win … ’ as the crowd heaved Garty to his feet , helped him round and sent him flying back towards Midnight . |
| 19 | Then he nudged Wa again , and sent him scurrying off down a nearby alley into the heart of the city . |
| 20 | Corbett rose from his stool and sent it flying back with a crash . |
| 21 | Suddenly , the tide , washing into the channel , sent it bumping up against him . |
| 22 | With a sudden swift movement , he seized the shotgun with his left hand and sent it whirling off into the night after the pistol . |
| 23 | Unfortunately the third sentence sends us reeling back to square one in terms of methodological confusion : we are now told that just because Keynes had tried to provide a theoretical underpinning for the concept of involuntary unemployment does not , ipso facto , oblige subsequent theorists to ‘ 'explain ’ the theoretical constructs of our predecessors ' . |
| 24 | At lunchtime Desmond had n't been able to place his usual bets because she 'd sent him haring back to the digs to see if an urgent letter had arrived . |
| 25 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 26 | Late November found us weather bound at Gt Yarmouth with a stiff north-easter which , after one aborted attempt at continuing northward , had sent us scurrying back to Yarmouth . |