Example sentences of "been sent for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The large group of sculpture , including sandstone figures and bronzes , had been sent for sale from America . |
| 2 | A cheque for £290 has been sent for the June quarter . |
| 3 | He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences . |
| 4 | She frequently attacked her attendants and discharged herself from institutions where she had been sent for treatment . |
| 5 | Have you been sent for ? ’ |
| 6 | Dr Meredith had already been sent for , but his lordship was of the view that my father should be moved out of the sun before the doctor 's arrival ; consequently , a bath-chair arrived and with not a little difficulty , my father was transported into the house . |
| 7 | ‘ But that 's what we 've been sent for ; to fetch you back . |
| 8 | And Nicholas had been sent for . |
| 9 | As the director of child services , Jim Harding , said : ‘ For abuse to take place in an institution where a child has been sent for protection must be one of the cruellest experiences you can dish out to any human being . ’ |
| 10 | Michael Sams , 50 , from Sutton on Trent , Notts , has been sent for trial in the New Year , accused of kidnapping Stephanie and murdering Julie . |
| 11 | This time she had been sent for urgently because Nigel had taken a turn for the worse — in fact , had nearly died after his peritonitis operation . |
| 12 | The medical officer had been sent for , but the boy died before he arrived , at 9.30 a.m . |
| 13 | But we know children can be at risk from even well-qualified professionals appointed to care for them ( not least in children 's homes to which they have been sent for their own welfare and safety ) , or from parents not burdened by a ‘ learning difficulty ’ label ( witness the recent ‘ home alone ’ cases here and in the United States ) . |
| 14 | Further inquiries were now being made and the substance seized had been sent for scientific analysis . |
| 15 | Bruce 's forces were defeated first in Methven wood by the English , and then beside Loch Tay by Comyn 's uncle , the Lord of Lorn The king 's sister and the Countess of Buchan who had crowned him were dragged out of sanctuary where they had been sent for safety , and exhibited in cages hanging from castle walls at Roxburgh and Berwick . |
| 16 | The doctor had been sent for immediately she collapsed , but there was nothing he could do to save her . |
| 17 | On the way one of the waiters told me Chuck was asleep , and the doctor had been sent for . |
| 18 | We had been sent for . |
| 19 | As the car which has been sent for him comes in along the odd little elevated motorway , only four lanes wide , most of the city seems to be below eye-level . |
| 20 | Uscfrea and Yffi died in infancy in Gaul among the Franks , where they had been sent for greater safety ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 21 | The story , gently explored , was that this condition began after the death of a sister whom she had failed to visit during her final illness , in spite of having been sent for . |
| 22 | That 's correct , and that the further down , I mean it says that er there is a er it says that the reason you 've had been the reason you 've been sent for this treatment is because of er a particular condition you 've got . |
| 23 | Had I been sent for much earlier I would have tried to turn the baby — but now … it 's too late . |
| 24 | This third draft of the Treaty , the most radical so far in devolving powers to the republics ( " states " ) , had been sent for discussion to the USSR Supreme Soviet and the Supreme Soviets of the republics at the end of June 1991 . |
| 25 | I heard that Lord Salisbury and Sir Winston Churchill had been sent for by the Queen . |
| 26 | On the basis of its research the council has prepared a blueprint of environmental measures for the city and its suburbs , which has been sent for consultation to local authorities , environmental groups and research centres . |
| 27 | ‘ I was expecting a relief nurse to arrive , and the doctor who 'd been sent for . |
| 28 | A man charged with the murder of his ten-year-old daughter has been sent for trial at Crown Court . |
| 29 | Two brothers charged in connection with the death of a woman have been sent for trial . |
| 30 | A man charged with murdering three members of his own family has been sent for trial at the Crown Court . |