Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to bring [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Harold Wilson threatened to bring them to their knees in ‘ days rather than weeks , weeks rather than months . ’
2 Cameron wanted to bring him round .
3 ‘ Signor Diomede said to bring you these , and ask if there was anything else you wanted before dinner . ’
4 D'Arcy hated to bring him down to earth , but it had to be done .
5 The final straw , according to inside sources , was when Mr Zhivkov tried to bring his widely disliked son , Vladimir , who has a reputation as a drunkard and a womaniser , on to the politburo .
6 Well no just screaming at the top of his voice , our Ben had to bring him down in the end and give him a drink and start again , even then I had to stay with him until he went to sleep
7 Well Luke forgot to bring it .
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