Example sentences of "sent [adv] to [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sent away to boarding school when she was six ( she rarely sees her family now ) , she got three A- levels at college and shortly after got married : a mistake , she now realises , but she was pregnant at the time . |
| 2 | He was sent away to boarding school at Ampleforth and from there went to Trinity College , Cambridge , to read architecture . |
| 3 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 4 | When he failed to get in to Merchant Taylors , Iain was sent off to boarding school in Bishop 's Stortford . |
| 5 | Ballot papers on strike action are ready to be sent out to Football League players if talks on the Premier League do not meet the satisfaction of the Professional Footballers ' Association which wants a say in the new set-up . |
| 6 | Results of examinations are sent out to Local Examination Secretaries , followed in due course by certificates/diplomas for successful candidates . |