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Example sentences for "when sent"

  • No Freshman, when sent on an errand, shall tell who he is going for, unless he be asked; nor be obliged to tell what he is going for, unless asked by a Governor of the College.

  • No Freshman, when sent on an errand, shall make any unnecessary delay, neglect to make due return, or go away till dismissed by the person who sent him.

  • When sent to table as an accompaniment to boiled poultry or veal, a pound and a half is plenty for a dozen people.

  • But as the greatest care is required for its preservation, when sent abroad, a layer of salt must first be put into the barrel, and then a layer of meat, till the cask is full, taking care to use the hand only in packing in the pieces.

  • When sent to the baker, it should have its ears and tail covered with buttered paper fastened on, and a bit of butter tied up in a piece of linen to baste the back with, otherwise it will be apt to blister.

  • When sent to table, turn the pudding out of the dish.

  • Hence prisoners, when sent to the jail, are said to be committed thither.

  • In 1869 the official reports of parliamentary debates were exempted from postage when sent by the printer to the editors of country papers, or by those editors to their subscribers, if enclosed with the local paper.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when sent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    fall away; must belong; pure and; when calling; when cool; when elected; when every; when formed; when found; when heated; when his; when mature; when next; when people; when practicable; when properly; when pursued; when their; when there; when they came out; when they saw the; when treating; when used; when writing; whenever possible; whenever they