The next morning a broken water pipe emptied the courthouse and sent hordes of county employees to wait out the repairs in John's.

But he will not send hordes of his own armsmen to collect our taxes, even though his own people gain vast sums of coin from the White highways.

As the war continued, Mannfred made his advance on Altdorf itself: mere rumours of his advance were enough to send hordes of refugees fleeing before him, preferring to die in the winter cold than face the undead horde.

The giant Newark-based insurer failed because concerns over Mutual Benefit's mortgage investments sent hordes of policyholders streaming through Mutual Benefit's doors for refunds.

The year-round bronze that signified membership in the jet set lent tans a subtext of Studio 54 hedonism, which in turn sent hordes of comparatively unglamorous people to the budding world of indoor sunning salons.

The villagers arrived in pairs, crashing through the vines and scrub bushes, sending hordes of birds screeching into the baking sky.

The Devil sent hordes of mortals to Rembrandt for portraits.

It features sculptures with the kind of harmony and serenity that sends hordes of tourists scurrying through Greece each year.

At break of dawn the Master had sent hordes of reptiles to those rocks, under orders to cover them centimeter by centimeter, crawling if need be, to find the cause of the strange noise.

Ten minutes later, he'd cut another two, sending hordes of kite runners racing after them.