Example sentences of "bring [pron] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus pushed himself off and floated rapidly around the Lift , bringing himself expertly to a stop less than a metre from the slight form of Christine LaFayette . |
| 2 | They hope the investigation will bring them closer to a re-trial . |
| 3 | History has brought them together as a phenomenon without compare , and it is Pakistan 's good fortune that they are surviving fitness scares long enough to bring many honours to their country . |
| 4 | Clearly he 'd brought her here for a purpose … |
| 5 | He should have been at boarding school , but his mother , who loved him very much , had brought him home for a month or two , because she thought his health was delicate . |
| 6 | There were always cream cakes and I would be brought mine ceremoniously on a plate . |
| 7 | But my colleague has brought it forward on a matter of safety . |
| 8 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 9 | His room overlooked our house , and he could watch the comings and goings — we were having some turf laid at the time in which he was taking a great interest — and I used to drive round there every evening at half past five and bring him home for a meal , after which we would chat or watch television . |
| 10 | When he brought him home after a walk , Jim bit him . |
| 11 | She uses reversible metaphor to perform an integrative operation on this material , bringing it together in a mobile yet highly structured whole that turns around a small number of common patterns . |
| 12 | It is not enough , wrote Harsnet , to deny that one conceives a work of art and brings it forth as a child is conceived and brought forth into the world . |