Example sentences of "that brought [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His round was made around a run of five 3s from the second to the sixth holes — that brought him to two under for the championship . |
| 3 | " Busy people are never too busy to do what they know to be important " was the challenging comment that brought me under his spell and a bit later into the ranks of his followers . |
| 4 | Conservative loyalists said Mr Tebbit had made a blunder , but he showed no sign of backing off from ‘ one of the things that brought me into politics — the belief that immigration should be reduced ’ . |
| 5 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |
| 6 | ‘ It was thinking I 'd lost you that brought me to my senses . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose , ’ he murmured , ‘ that brought me to my senses . |
| 8 | It was being made to feel redundant that brought her to a standstill . |
| 9 | She thanked the driver , lifted the latch of the low iron gate and took four steps that brought her to the front door . |
| 10 | Those woundings had been steps on the path that brought her to Santa de Nogueira , she realized . |
| 11 | His words were like a sharp slap that brought her to her senses . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Greeting him on his return from battle , she hands him over to his wife with palpable reluctance ; seeking to calm him before his confrontation with the people , she shackles him in an iron grip ; and , in the great plea with him not to sack Rome , she pinpoints the lines about him treading on his mother 's womb ‘ that brought thee to this world ’ . |
| 14 | The effect was dramatic , paralysing French artillery support and enabling the Germans to make deep advances that brought them to within striking distance of Verdun itself . |
| 15 | That was the bigger threat The big thing that brought them to Orkney . |
| 16 | There was the snap of something breaking behind the lorry , a couple of bumps , and then another thump that brought them to a halt . |
| 17 | The village rector asked the mourners to try to show the same love that brought them to the service … |
| 18 | Thus it fell to one of the rank-and-file to make a lucky find that brought them at last to the downs : and probably saved a life or two ; for they could hardly have spent the night in the open , either on or under the hill , without being attacked by some enemy or other . |
| 19 | Tobie had previously met Primaflora on rare occasions only — during the search for Tristâo and Diniz Vasquez on Rhodes ; on the ambushed ship that brought them from Rhodes , and in the King 's hall at Kiti immediately after . |
| 20 | So it was something in my subconscious trying to push me from infantile dependency to maturation that brought it about that , in the dream , I could not find the inn again . |
| 21 | The Open Software Foundation 's recent wrestling with its internal structure ( UX No 423 ) , reportedly a product of its continuing financial angst , has created a reorganisation that separates OSF/1 , the operating system that brought it into existence , from the other technologies it has put its name to . |
| 22 | Add up that loss and ask yourself whether a few more pounds spent on books to prosecute the purpose that brought you to college will , in later years , make any difference to your funds . |
| 23 | They wanted to know about your servants , and the ship that brought you to England , and everything ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Bending with the wind that brought you to me , ’ he quipped , the humour harsh and followed by a shrug . |
| 25 | Such women ( I include myself ) are probably a majority in the movement ( it was the sort of feeling that brought us into it in the first place , and anyway we have more time than mothers ) but not among women as a whole , most of whom appear to want to spend at least part of their lives having and raising children . |