Examples of 'had been sent' in a sentence

Meaning of "had been sent"

The phrase 'had been sent' is past perfect tense of the verb 'to send.' It is used to indicate an action that was completed or occurred before a certain point or event in the past. It implies that the item or message in question was delivered or dispatched to its intended recipient at an earlier time

How to use "had been sent" in a sentence

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had been sent
He had been sent to their home village on an errand.
A second note verbale had been sent as a reminder.
We had been sent to the castle as a replacement company.
Further letters had been sent to the others.
I had been sent on this mission for a reason.
If these fellas had been sent here to draw.
It had been sent to kill me by some unnamed enemies.
I was to say the letters had been sent to my father.
Junior had been sent to a boarding school.
The chief magician had been sent for.
Redcoats had been sent to seize militia arms.
I confirmed that he had been sent home.
Lighters had been sent to remove her cargo.
The draft report had been sent on.
Had been sent once and only once.

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Twelve commandos had been sent on a separate mission.
Cases in respect of which a opinion had been sent.
Invitations had been sent to these three categories.
The wedding invitation had been sent.
It had been sent to a service centre last week.
He learned what he had been sent to learn.
He had been sent on a special mission on the earth.
Her two brothers had been sent to an orphanage.
He had been sent a complimentary copy by the publishers.
She thought she had been sent to an orphanage.
Had been sent to protect their shipping and trade.
He added that it had been sent in by a female friend.
Had been sent against amber again.
No suitable response had been sent by the publisher.
They had been sent out by various missionary societies.
Province over which he had been sent to govern.
Frank had been sent to a halfway house.
I felt like an angel had been sent to me.
Guyana had been sent six reminders.
This was the reason why no response had been sent.
It looked as if she had been sent to the guillotine.
It had been sent to a colleague by mistake.
He told me his father had been sent to the camp.
They had been sent away on maneuvers.
A few messages had been sent and.
He had been sent to secretly paint this unknown woman.
Those seeds had been sent to you.
He had been sent to an elderly lady having difficulty breathing.
See why it had been sent to him.
I had been sent off twice in my career.
After document had been sent to print.
She had been sent down to the minor leagues.
That this thing had been sent over here.
Had been sent away with his flower.
Our families had been sent to their death.

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