Example sentences of "i be sent to " in BNC.

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1 Assuming this to reflect common-sense rationality , it follows that there are three types of sanctions which prey on the minds of thoughtful officials contemplating the commission of corporate crime : ( i ) legal sanctions , and especially ‘ will I be sent to prison ? ’ ; ( ii ) occupational sanctions and especially ‘ will my job be lost or my promotional chances endangered ? ’ ; ( iii ) social sanctions — ‘ will I be rejected by family , friends , and acquaintances and required to resign from the country club ? ’
2 I was always terribly shy and I was sent to what were known as elocution lessons — to get me out of myself .
3 Of course I was sent to bed without any supper .
4 I was perfectly happy until I was sent to school at the age of five .
5 An hour later I was being monitored at the Birmingham Maternity Hospital — weak contractions confirmed in labour , I was sent to the ward in a wheelchair .
6 Then there was the resentment over the fur coat she was deprived of because I was sent to a fee-paying school .
7 I was sent to The Children 's Service , usually held at St. Mary Magdalene 's Church in Gigant Street at 9.30 am .
8 I was sent to Bedford in Bedfordshire .
9 It was not thought too good at one time , so I was sent to Slough General Hospital for an X-Ray .
10 As a Navy wife , I was sent to the home of Admiral Shelley , ‘ The Pickeridge ’ nearby .
11 The truth is that I was sent to Scotland to find out what happened , is happening and might happen . ’
12 Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever .
13 Finally I was sent to a neurological specialist who said it would be necessary to examine the top half of my spinal cord , which houses the motor for the body 's muscles .
14 ‘ It seemed quite pointless to hope once I was sent to the farm .
15 I was sent to Nongkhai province in the North East of Thailand on the Maekhong River across from the capital of Laos .
16 At 13 , I was sent to Dovercourt camp , which I remember with affection because it was my first home after leaving my family in Germany .
17 After three glorious years in the sunshine I was sent to Holland where I remained until I joined AIB in 1955 as a Senior Inspector of Accidents ( Operations ) .
18 Then when I was eight years old , I was sent to a co-educational school .
19 In fact , I was sent to bed as a punishment .
20 In 1952 I was sent to a local convent school until I was eleven , although my adoptive parents were Protestants .
21 I was sent to Australia , you know , because I escaped from the prison-ship .
22 I was sent to the new office in India to take charge , while Herbert came back to England to marry his Clara .
23 The third offence , that was after the immigration problems , I was sent to prison .
24 I was sent to Holloway prison .
25 I was sent to prison for five weeks .
26 I was sent to school here , so I must learn as much as I can . ’
27 and I was sent to Margate with my Mum .
28 Inside a month , I was sent to an engineering place which was er close to where I live and I started there inside about a month .
29 Yes , when I got home at night I I was er I had to I was sent to the hospital I was bleeding .
30 Erm I had expressed a preference for the Navy , so I was sent to Plymouth , to join the Devonshire regiment , at Mill Bay docks , which was a an infantry regiment and machine gun core regiment .
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