Example sentences of "[noun pl] brought they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against Fareham the juniors trailed 2-1 at half-time , but a change of tactics brought them a 6-2 win . |
| 2 | Portuguese missionaries brought them to East Africa from South America in the 15th century . |
| 3 | A fourth — a girl — had an epileptic fit as rescuers brought them down from the Lake District peak at Ullswater in Cumbria . |
| 4 | Okay there was thirty two baskets brought them all out made them gone off . |
| 5 | We wondered if the musicians and bare-breasted dancers amongst the tomb paintings brought them comfort or torment . |
| 6 | Cliff , the concrete contractor , and Tessa , the schoolteacher , were flipped off the paddle boat in a suck hole and held underwater by the boiling currents for a few seconds before their life-jackets brought them spluttering to the surface . |
| 7 | The duchy of Lancaster affiliations of such families brought them within Gloucester 's orbit and gave him a point of contact with other duchy of York families , such as the Savilles and Wentworths . |
| 8 | The duchy of Lancaster affiliations of such families brought them within Gloucester 's orbit and gave him a point of contact with other duchy of York families , such as the Savilles and Wentworths . |
| 9 | They rarely lived in the countryside , but their investments brought them prestige as well as profits . |
| 10 | Of the priests we know little , except where their transgressions brought them to episcopal notice . |
| 11 | During Partition they went into hiding , and for a fortnight their good Hindu friends brought them food and water . |
| 12 | Identification with the masses brought them the people 's problems — tuberculosis , malnutrition , diarrhoea and dehydration . |
| 13 | And the last one was of that Delia woman … but now I come to think of it , it was n't there when the police brought them round . ’ |
| 14 | The presence of incomers was presented as the most immediate and tangible aspect of the general threat to the Shetland ‘ Way of Life ’ Although Shetland is reputed to be something of a melting pot , given the many different influxes of people over the centuries ( one native council official saw the typical Shetlanders as a bit of a ‘ mongrel ’ ) , these incomers were presumed to be somewhat different : most of them are here because their jobs brought them here ( those who are not here because of their jobs are eccentric ! ) , their stay will be temporary , there are more of them , they represent mainstream and hence dominant ways of life , they regard Shetlanders as peasants or country hicks . |