Example sentences of "sent for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some trouble at home , and he sent for her . |
| 2 | He sent for his carriage and jumped in , and after telling his coachman to drive fast he ordered him to stop . |
| 3 | Had he stayed in the East End , he may have drifted into delinquency ; instead , his mother sent for him when he was 12 to start a new life in Canada . |
| 4 | When he returned , he sent for me and said I must be stark crazy . |
| 5 | ‘ That chair , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ that reclining chair I sent for . |
| 6 | I sent for it deliberate , so I could sleep in it . |
| 7 | They sent for the doctor , who made him rehearse |
| 8 | In January 1735 Collinson reported back to Bartram , ‘ … how well the little case of plants came , being put under the captain 's bed and saw no light till I sent for it . |
| 9 | He sent for his wife and their three children , who took up residence with him in the old palace . |
| 10 | And he sent for the Bishop of Valencia , and took their vows and made them plight themselves each to the other according as the law directs . |
| 11 | And the Cid sent for all his friends and his kinsmen and vassals , and told them how King Don Alfonso had banished him from the land , and asked for them who would follow him into banishment , and who would remain at home . |
| 12 | Nellie had put him to bed thinking it was a cold , then hearing of the scarlet fever in Newry through Tommy Drennan , she sent for Dr Nolan at once . |
| 13 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 14 | S. H. There was a lot of us on reserve duty at St George 's Hall , about forty or fifty of us , and one bloody bobby sat there with us and they sent for him . |
| 15 | They sent for him and he never came back . |
| 16 | Next morning she went and reported him to the foreman , who sent for Jim and asked ‘ What 's this woman on about ? ’ . |
| 17 | It was the very same story the time oor Isa sent for the stilettos very much against my advice as it happens but they were supposed to be real made-in-England leather uppers available in three colourways , aubergine , aqua or avocado well , as she said herself she was expecting green but nothing quite as Irish as they turned out in fact to be . |
| 18 | He had an attack about midnight , and that man of his sent for me . |
| 19 | They sent for her and a sick child died . |
| 20 | He sent for Astorre , and there appeared instead Thomas , who reported smartly that Captain Astorre had been called to Nicosia , and Master Tobie and Messer le Grant with him . |
| 21 | He sent for one man and Chennaa , swallowed some cold meat and wine and , wrapping himself in a dry cloak , went and mounted the camel , crooning love-talk as she rose to her feet and took up her soft , swaying gait . |
| 22 | There was a great fuss and bother and Mrs Bradford sent for her . |
| 23 | As she again became distraught yesterday , Detective Superintendent Ian Whinnett sent for a police psychiatrist . |
| 24 | If Robert Asshe sent for him , he would go , he knew ; but until then he did nothing , except dream . |
| 25 | Just three days after he returned to Washington , Hayman sent for him again . |
| 26 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 27 | At last he sent for a chaprassi and sent him with me to look for something , but on the way I found nice Mr Dickensen , an American from the University in Rangoon . |
| 28 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 29 | When the King fell ill he sent for Cranmer and died with his hand in that of the Archbishop . |
| 30 | The omniscient and all powerful Archbishop Laud sent for him and decided that ‘ it was for the advantage of the world that such mighty parts should be afforded better opportunities of study and improvement than a course of constant preaching would allow of ’ . |