Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] brought [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made him a sandwich and brought it to the table . |
| 2 | On leaving school he went as a labourer to Hunts Farm ( visible from the 6th green ) and it was this work that brought him to the course . |
| 3 | There was the snap of something breaking behind the lorry , a couple of bumps , and then another thump that brought them to a halt . |
| 4 | The hill people cut the palms down in the forest and brought them to the shore for fish . |
| 5 | He poured wine and brought it across the room to Owen 's chair , pressing him back brusquely when he would have risen to receive the cup . |
| 6 | Nutty stopped Midnight and brought him into the centre and Nails thought he was going to get a rest , but she immediately sent him off in the other direction . |
| 7 | Three police cars were damaged as they effectively rammed the metro and brought it to a stop . |
| 8 | And he nibbled at her lips again , before catching them in another long exploratory kiss that brought her to a threshold of physical pleasure she had never before experienced . |
| 9 | The village rector asked the mourners to try to show the same love that brought them to the service … |
| 10 | Artistic director Christopher Gable has injected it with a new lease of life and brought it to a completely different audience . |
| 11 | The tutor found her an old block from a ruined church and brought it to the house . |
| 12 | The plaintiffs sought to enforce the clause but Scott J dismissed the action for he found that on its true construction the employment agreement was a contract of employment of the defendant by the two partners , that the dissolution of that partnership within the term of the employment constituted a breach of the contract of employment and brought it to an end and that accordingly the restraint of trade clause ceased thereafter to be binding upon the defendant . |
| 13 | An agreement signed by the government of President Violeta Chamorro and by the National Workers ' Front ( FNT ) on July 12 ended a 15-day general strike by an estimated 100,000 workers in public , private and agricultural sectors which had paralysed the country and brought it to the brink of civil war . |
| 14 | You might guess it was my dad who first pointed out this odd ( and classically Chaotic ) phenomenon and brought it to the attention of us kids . |
| 15 | And anyway , the first day she gave me right enough , she came round every morning with my breakfast and brought it into the lift for me . |