Example sentences of "[noun] brought he back " in BNC.

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1 He felt drowsy , for one rare moment almost lapsed out of consciousness , then Meg 's cry brought him back to himself .
2 The purely animal function of retching brought him back again .
3 He left Selhurst Park for Aston Villa in November 1987 , amid a storm of controversy , for just £150,000 , but Steve Coppell brought him back to the Palace from Queens Park Rangers in a £ l/2 million deal upon the eve of our return to Division One in August 1989 .
4 The tenacity of his loyalty brought him back again and again to the perfect womanliness of Cis and the unmatchable maleness of Ifor , but in his wider field of operation they were no more than a couple of reference points : the rest of the map had to be filled in — by Philip , by Meredith , by rugby heroes , by the poets , but most of all , and as he went along , by himself .
5 A sharp knock at the door brought him back to earth .
6 Henceforth he supported York until Anselm 's death brought him back to his father 's policy of supporting the unity of the Church under the southern see , By this time , however , it was too late to alter the general swing away from overlordships such as that claimed by Canterbury .
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