Example sentences of "[vb infin] sent [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Should a' sent it sooner , then , ’ said the postmaster . |
| 2 | And they kept her there when they could have sent her to hospital . |
| 3 | She thinks that we may have sent her too many book tokens , ‘ but ca n't check . |
| 4 | That would have sent her into another tantrum . |
| 5 | After all , Beatrix would n't have sent her anything unless she had good reason to think it would be kept from Maurice . |
| 6 | Unable to imagine anyone travelling for pleasure , or out of curiosity , they assumed that the king of England must have sent her to discover and redress their grievances . |
| 7 | But somehow Folly could only think of one person who might have sent her so tantalising a message . |
| 8 | If I 'd thought of it I 'd have sent her a message : You wo n't be welcome . ’ |
| 9 | Who could have sent her something like that ? |
| 10 | Those sleeping pills should have sent her right off . |
| 11 | And she was hoping that they would have sent her for an interview down there . |
| 12 | They could have sent me to prison for two years but that would have been political suicide . ’ |
| 13 | Nobody else really liked it , and my dad used to say that he could have sent me any old rubbish in the post and I would have liked it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You should never have sent me that cruel letter this morning . |
| 15 | If he really loved me he could n't have sent me away . |
| 16 | If he really loved me he would have sent me away . |
| 17 | I did n't try asking any Vadinamian officials , because they would have sent me angrily on my way . |
| 18 | ‘ If you wanted that you should n't have sent me somewhere tame , ’ Maggie pointed out , nearly laughing as she said the word . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that if I 'd come to you you would n't have sent me away with a flea in my ear ? ’ |
| 20 | You see , if they wanted to know the truth beyond all doubt , they 'd have sent me up to Scotland , would n't they ? |
| 21 | A thud of chopping — movement between the tree trunks — a labourer was coming towards him , one of the consignment of convicts he had ordered through a merchant in Bideford , he had his machete in his hand , he was not menacing , he held out his spare hand in a strange appeal , lifting his face , which was crossed by deep scars , wounds across his eyes had puckered them right in so that he moved like a blind sleeper , closer and closer — Sir John woke up sweating , surprised to find himself alone , and then remembered : he had been drinking with his cousin Alexander Menzies of Bolfracks , the last bottle must have sent him under . |
| 22 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |
| 23 | ‘ I could have sent him some of my wages . ’ |
| 24 | Milford said : ‘ If I 'd seen whose hand it was , I would have sent him off . ’ |
| 25 | You might just as well have sent him out naked round the privates . |
| 26 | ‘ You should never have sent him that valentine . ’ |
| 27 | St Joseph 's old boy Jim D'Avila , Labour 's candidate in Swindon at the last election , says his parents would have sent him elsewhere had it not been for subsidised transport . |
| 28 | Had I still been suspicious of a haemorrhage I would have sent him to Edinburgh for a brain scan . ’ |
| 29 | A few days ago an unco-operative van would have sent him back indoors in a state of deep despair . |
| 30 | If there were any Scots with the Pictish army in 685 Máeldúin would have sent them . |