Example sentences of "was brought [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Hughes , who had been cheered every time he warmed up , was brought on with United 2-1 down , Ferguson again incurred the crowd 's wrath by bringing off Sharpe , who like all United 's young players is popular with the supporters . |
| 2 | The point is that Humpage was brought on to bowl before lunch on the first morning of the match , and one wonders whether a selected wicketkeeper has ever been introduced into the attack to early a stage of a first-class match , especially since so far as I am aware Warwickshire suffered no injuries that morning . |
| 3 | ( Presumably his fatal illness was brought on by severe shock . ) |
| 4 | What is medically certain is that she died of coronary thrombosis : there is no question of any foul play , except of course if the heart attack was brought on by the shock of finding someone in her room stealing the jewel she had come all the way from America to hand over to the Ashmolean Museum , or more specifically to Dr Theodore Kemp on behalf of the Museum . |
| 5 | His mother believes his death was brought on by lack of proper care and over prescription of drugs with dangerous side effects . |
| 6 | It 's something the Gloucestershire Social Services Department recognise … but insist was brought on by lack of support and funding . |
| 7 | Rob Allen , 41 , is thought to have suffered a heart attack which his wife believes was brought on by the strain of their daughter 's condition . |
| 8 | But mother-of-two Mrs Spence said her sick leave was brought on by the stress of overwork . |
| 9 | An alternative explanation is that the figure indicates the existence of an important fertility bull cult at Stamford which was brought over by the Myceneans . |
| 10 | Raoul Walsh was brought over from the US to direct O.H.M.S . |
| 11 | Two other drugs were introduced in the sixteenth century , ‘ China root ’ , an extract of Smilax sinensis , which was brought over from Goa by the Portuguese , and sarsaparilla from Sassafras officinale , an American plant . |
| 12 | His body was brought over from New York by Mary Read and fifty Girls representing troupes all over the country met at Westminster Bridge Road and had the strange experience of travelling in the Necropolis Funeral train to Brookwood Cemetery . |
| 13 | It was interesting the way the film was brought over from the picture . |
| 14 | The consignment was brought over in the same way and after it was left in a lay-by in Lymm , Cheshire , Customs officers pounced when Scott arrived to collect it . |
| 15 | They had raised themselves but still remained crouched , and were moving slowly by the hedge towards the tree , when once again Martin 's attention was brought round to the strip of woodland , not by a noise this time , but by a strange feeling of impending danger . |
| 16 | She was brought round by actor Charlie Lawson the show 's fiery Ulsterman Jim McDonald who applied first aid . |
| 17 | She was brought up between India , Europe , and England . |
| 18 | The most direct link between the Fabians and Spencer is Beatrice Webb , who was brought up under his tutelage , absorbed his scientific method of viewing ‘ all social institutions exactly as if they were plants or animals — things that could be observed , classified and explained ’ , but who eventually shook herself ‘ completely free from laisser-faire bias ’ . |
| 19 | HE was brought up on bases in Tallinn and Gremicha — a former prison camp , now an isolated naval station way down the Kola Peninsula . |
| 20 | As I was brought up on a farm I 'm used to working with my hands and in all weathers . |
| 21 | McIlvanney was born in 1934 , and was brought up on a public housing estate in Kilmarnock , Ayrshire , in what he himself calls ‘ a left-wing family ’ . |
| 22 | Well I was brought up on the story . |
| 23 | Yes I was brought up on Sanday . |
| 24 | I mean , I was brought up on Janet and John , you know |
| 25 | Lutyens was brought up at Thursley in Surrey and developed a great love for that county 's local styles and materials , although he also built in the grandest of manners . |
| 26 | On the Gamily Fast Day in October , the children gave up snacks and donated the money save to a collection which was brought up at the offertory at a special mass in school . |
| 27 | MP Jim Wallace made his appeal for such an inquiry on the floor of the House of Commons ; and when the topic was brought up at the Scottish Liberal Democrats Conference , he was supported by Judy Steel , wife of the former leader of the Liberal Party , and herself one of the first ever Reporters to a Children 's Panel when the system began in 1971 . |
| 28 | I 'd like to move with th er , I I think tha wi given wi , though we have n't got all that much time , can we move onto another area that was brought up at the beginning of the programme which was erm the use of animals in recreation and er Lisa particularly mentioned hunting , now , she thinks hunting should be banned , do you ? |
| 29 | My son was brought up at Court , where she remained while I was on active service . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ For a Manchu son , ’ Rostov observed , ‘ but mine was brought up at Court . ’ |