Example sentences of "bring [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not just the Pope of the Roman Catholics but a symbol of human beings striving to create institutions and practices which bring them closer to the ways of God . |
| 2 | Yes , that was some time ago when I was working as a hostess with the British Council and used to collect meet VIPs at the station and bring them here to the university . |
| 3 | A member of the local parish community will collect your son/daughter from home , bring him/her to SPRED then bring him/her home at the end of the session . |
| 4 | It 's now about bringing everyone together for the good of British rugby , ’ said the Scot . |
| 5 | Above and top : Polypterus ornatipinnis — even a large pair of these were not beyond Derek 's ingenuity when it came to bringing them home from the USA . |
| 6 | This latter period saw the creation of a labour code ( 1943 ) limiting the functioning of unions to a local and plant level and bringing them tightly under the control of the Ministry of Labour . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For me , there is an immediacy about them , an intimacy , that can bring me closer to the writer than anything else . |
| 9 | They hope the investigation will bring them closer to a re-trial . |
| 10 | erm I think and what I 'll try and do , I 'll try and bring erm , I 've got two on the Thursday and I 'll try and bring them forward to the Monday , cos Monday 's a baker 's day is n't it ? |
| 11 | Reinforcing this quest for the extraordinary , which by definition should bring them quickly to the margins of deviance , is the fact … that one of the frequent rewards of achievement is an immunity to many of the sanctions that constrain and punish the less successful . |
| 12 | A Rose Hill bus will bring you almost to the door . |
| 13 | This , of course , will not bring us anywhere near the origin of the change . |
| 14 | things which have brought them here for the afternoon . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We stared in stunned shock , realising that the pilot must have made one last superhuman effort not to come down right on our heads , but then just could n't manage those last few yards which would have brought them safely onto the runway . |
| 17 | Clearly he 'd brought her here for a purpose … |
| 18 | His Canadian passport was beautifully forged and had brought him effortlessly into the Republic of Ireland and thence on the ferry to England . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | There were always cream cakes and I would be brought mine ceremoniously on a plate . |
| 21 | But my colleague has brought it forward on a matter of safety . |
| 22 | Someone must have brought it here for a purpose , but I must admit it looks abandoned . |
| 23 | To constitute an offence under those sections the waste must have been deposited on an unlicensed site or in breach of the conditions in the licence , must amount to an ‘ environmental hazard ’ and must have been deposited in such circumstances or for such a period that whoever deposited it there may reasonably be assumed to have abandoned it there or to have brought it there for the purpose of its being disposed as waste . |
| 24 | had brought us here along the shore , |
| 25 | Essentially this is a matter of love for the total cosmic reality of which we are a part as something whose magnificence transcends our own puny being , and gratitude to it for having brought us forth in the heart of it . |
| 26 | The route we had taken through the cordillera from Cajamarca had brought us virtually into the outskirts of Tmjillo and we had put up at a hotel in the centre of the city , all three of us more or less out on our feet . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There was a boat at the mill , and the current would help him down-river in the crossing and bring him quickly to the water-meadows by the abbey . |
| 29 | Last autumn a conference in Toronto brought them together for an update and planning meeting . |
| 30 | For instance , I was able to witness the dogs ' problems first-hand as Melanie muzzled them and brought them together into the living room . |