Example sentences of "were sent [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men who only went into a shop for ‘ baccy ’ , matches or a paper , were sent round to the local grocer 's and butcher 's shops to buy up everything that was n't nailed down . |
| 2 | The decks were cleared ; sailors began to run like monkeys up the rigging unfurling the great sail , while two more were sent up to the stern-castle to manage the huge tiller . |
| 3 | On the morning of Aug. 19 , tanks were sent on to the streets of Moscow and other major cities as it was announced that President Mikhail Gorbachev had effectively been deposed . |
| 4 | The unfortunates were sent over to the other building from which they would ring clients who owed money , and would demand of them immediate payment . |
| 5 | But the background is that of fifty letters were sent out to a variety of people er , lay and ordained whatever that means ! |
| 6 | In the case of Larbert , they were sent out to every applicant who sought them . |
| 7 | The wounded were treated by the Commando 's calm Irish doctor , Captain Sam Corry RAMC , who remained unruffled by the turmoil , and the casualties were sent out to the ships . |
| 8 | This frank proposal for unparliamentary taxation was accepted by the King , and orders were sent out to the appointed commissioners in January . |
| 9 | The first set in each pair were sent out to the participating schools in October and November 1985 , and the second parallel set in February 1986 . |
| 10 | When the news hit the factory floor , young girls were sent off to the stores with requisitions to get a good look at the loincloth apprentice . |
| 11 | During the same period 1,888 tons 3 cwt. 3 qrs. were sent off to the smelters ; but this does not include 4t. 4c . |
| 12 | This Minotaur was imprisoned in a labyrinth beneath the Palace of Knossus and , as it would eat only human flesh , each year seven handsome youths and seven beautiful maidens were sent in to the monster 's lair to meet their doom . |
| 13 | Well , we 've sorted through the heads that were sent in to the studio , and we 're real pleased to report that Jackson 's was indeed among them . |
| 14 | Two of his sons were sent down to the reservoir , one at either end . |