Example sentences of "sent [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A steady breeze sent shreds of cloud tumbling across the face of the moon . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll make time , ’ he threatened softly with a half-smile that sent shivers of delight along her spine . |
| 3 | The warm breath rhythmically caressing her nape sent shivers of awareness down her spine , and , despite their clothes , Paige could feel the imprint of his body down the whole length of hers , as if they were both naked . |
| 4 | The hard , flat , almost contemptuous note in his voice sent shivers of apprehension feathering down her spine . |
| 5 | She remembered their birthdays , sent notes of apology to their wives when they had to accompany her on an overseas tours and ensured that they were ‘ fed and watered ’ when she went out with them from Kensington Palace . |
| 6 | On the appointed day the parents of the groom sent presents of betel , cakes , fruit , etc. to the parents of the bride . |
| 7 | The slow discovery of her body sent waves of longing coursing through her until she had to close her eyes and bite her lip . |
| 8 | Like his smile , his tone sent waves of excitement coursing through her . |
| 9 | ‘ He said , he 'd like to see you , ’ Cati hesitated , the singing in her head sent waves of sickness through her . |
| 10 | Various detector companies sent donations of gift which were given away at all three fetes . |
| 11 | Another good Italian friend was ‘ Chevalier Rathgeb , his Imperial Majesty 's Minister at Venice ’ , who sent seeds of persimmon and the Cantaloupe melon . |
| 12 | DIRE Straits star Mark Knopfler joined hundreds of wellwishers who sent messages of support to pensioner Lennie Perkes after hearing how he was tortured by burglars . |
| 13 | Other celebrities who could n't attend the ceremony sent messages of support . |
| 14 | Many countries which had broken off diplomatic relations with Iran sent messages of condolence and aid consignments , including the United Kingdom ( whose first relief aircraft flew in on June 23 ) , Saudi Arabia and even Iraq . |
| 15 | I gazed at the devastation from behind a stone horsetrough , lying flat on my face as another explosion sent lumps of metal and cobblestones clattering on to the roofs of the farm buildings . |
| 16 | Viewers , touched by her life , sent gifts of money which she used to buy not comforts for herself but more cows , and that meant more crippling winter work . |
| 17 | At this point the manuscript containing her biography is cut short , but we know from other sources that a priory for her was built at Markyate in 1145 , and that in 1155 she sent gifts of embroidery to Pope Adrian IV . |
| 18 | His words gave her a slight shock as they sent tingles of pleasure through her , but she knew she must not allow them to go to her head , so she pushed them aside as she uttered a light laugh and said , ‘ Me — an angel ? |
| 19 | He sent waggon-loads of treasure and a great entourage of knights to Saragossa with requests for a formal reconciliation . |
| 20 | It 's sort of grid iron pattern streets on the south side of the High Street ; on the north side that 's all disrupted by the castle and , as far as one can tell , when the town and the area around it , the Rape of Lewes , was ceded to William De Warren , most of the local powers of the Town Council such as it was were taken away and subverted and the town became a minorial borough and although it sent Members of Parliament to Westminster from the end of the thirteenth century , it only had a very sort of ramshackle corporation , because the lords of the manor of Lewes kept control fairly tightly on what the town was actually allowed to do and on its internal freedoms . |
| 21 | Before he could reply , Doreen reached their side , her hands outstretched to clutch Silas 's arm as she sent glances of suspicion from one to the other . |
| 22 | I would like to thank all concerned with your magazine especially the readers who sent letters of encouragement , because whilst I was struggling to paint , I read AIM and took heart from all those like-minded people ! |
| 23 | Then came the everlasting skies of summer where the sun hung like a silver cauldron and sent meteors of sparkle among the ice . |
| 24 | She shone , both physically — Madge 's dress sent prisms of sapphire light flashing across the stage — and artistically . |
| 25 | He had n't been able to prevent himself from catching her when she fell , and now the feel of her , cradled helplessly against his chest , sent shafts of agony through him . |
| 26 | As the great ball of fire sent shafts of heat more obtusely across the town they began to turn their energies outwards again . |
| 27 | He scattered drops about from a blue cap he carried , while the dogs sent flurries of water everywhere . |
| 28 | Theda gasped as the little touches of his mouth sent flickers of heat rippling through her body . |