Example sentences of "[vb past] sent him " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Promotion at Maidstone was never to be his ; instead they 'd sent him back to Ramsgate , scene of his early success in capturing the notorious smuggler Rum-Bubber Bill . |
| 3 | You 'd sent him upstairs to make some sort of excuse to Nicky Kai ? |
| 4 | And when she 'd got the same blank response to two further letters she 'd sent him , Laura had sorrowfully realised that her marriage was indeed at an end . |
| 5 | He had returned her stare and she 'd sent him one of her brilliant , flashing smiles , but his features had remained completely impassive . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | According to Noel Stock 's Life , Pound first met Binyon in the second week of February 1909 , and early in March he found ‘ intensely interesting ’ a lecture by Binyon on European and Oriental art , for which the lecturer had sent him a ticket . |
| 8 | But Noble was in the last week of his life , and proved too ill to see his favourite pupil or to hear read the letter of sympathy and comfort which Edward had sent him . |
| 9 | He was shaking from the shock of the recoil of the gun , which had sent him flying backwards . |
| 10 | By the time he did , her new book was out and her publishers had sent him an advance copy . |
| 11 | Nigel 's mother had sent him some After Eights so he offered Eleanor one . |
| 12 | Someone had sent him a jacket almost exactly like the ones the famous bomber pilots all wore during the war . |
| 13 | His mother had drunk too much stout , ‘ gone up the school ’ , and had him transferred from metal work to Latin , from Civic Studies to French ; she had paid a maths coach with the earnings of a paper-round she had sent him out on . |
| 14 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 15 | They had sent him home to do two years in a military prison and his dark oily skin had suffered while inside . |
| 16 | His parents had sent him to Oslo immediately after Hitler 's annexation of Austria , when he was only nine . |
| 17 | His father , who had a small farm in Scotland and twelve children to support , had sent him off to seek his fortune . |
| 18 | Before leaving London I had sent him , as requested , two questions about the U-boat war which I wanted him to answer for the programme . |
| 19 | Recently he was called up by the Customs and Excise about 20 videos ( mostly tapes from TV ) a friend had sent him from America . |
| 20 | Hawk had sent him a parcel containing a bisected apple : red outside , white inside . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In which case , someone had sent him to do just that . |
| 23 | This was an important mission , yet they had sent him a minor police official who seemed to have little standing or influence . |
| 24 | He grinned ; at least Myeloski had sent him a beautiful woman and not a dog . |
| 25 | He had been pathetically shy and awkward , and one particularly painful experience had sent him back to his lonely flat with the firm belief that he would die a bachelor . |
| 26 | ‘ Because his father had sent him . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I thought I had sent him some that were very good , but I received a most snarky letter from him saying " They may be very fine artists but they do n't know anything about teaching , and I 'm not interested in any of your geniuses unless they really take trouble about the job in hand " . |
| 29 | " After five days of bad food and bad stomach , the king was not inclined to be suspicious of someone who said that Prince Rainbow had sent him to make him better . |
| 30 | He had first met Sylvester during the early years of the war ; whilst in the Army he had sent him a letter ( now lost ) which Sylvester claims was one of the funniest and most brilliant he has ever received . |