Example sentences of "i brought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell you how I brought myself up on Wells , Huxley and Shaw ; how I prefer George Eliot and even Thackeray to Dickens ; how I like Orwell , Hardy and Housman , and dislike the Auden-Spender-Isherwood crew ( preaching socialism as a sideshoot of homosexual law reform ) ; how I 'm saving Virginia Woolf for when I 'm dead . |
| 2 | Well , 'e called , like 'e said 'e would , all wrapped up still , and I brought 'im in and 'e stood just where you 're standin' . |
| 3 | I brought her out here last weekend . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I brought her , ’ Jinny interrupted frantically . |
| 5 | I brought her up , gave her a few significant experiences , got her married , made her unhappy and killed her off . |
| 6 | When I was quite certain that she was totally relaxed and comfortable , I brought her out of the regression and out of the hypnotic state . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , I found her in the fog with a sprained ankle and no home or family , ’ said Joe , ‘ so I brought her here to help her get on her feet in all ways . |
| 8 | My mother and I brought her up and she brought herself this low . |
| 9 | When she was older , I sent her to school with Charlotte , but she hated it , so I brought her home and sent Anne instead . |
| 10 | So I brought her to the valley . |
| 11 | Voluntarily I brought her with me . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I brought her the tray Mrs Porter had set out for her in the kitchen . |
| 13 | I brought her some hot pie and ale . ’ |
| 14 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 15 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 16 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 17 | And er I so so I brought her and her three friends that she 'd run , chummed about with them and I give them a good talking to for about an hour . |
| 18 | I 'd tell the father what he 'd done and what I brought him home for . |
| 19 | I brought him here thinking he would be an integral part of my plans but injuries have prevented that . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ I 'd love to do it ’ , and the next week I brought him over and introduced him to the cast and he started . |
| 21 | I brought him back to the matter in hand . |
| 22 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 23 | But dear Caroline 's got an almighty hangover , sick as a dog , so I brought him over on the back of the bike to see it again . |
| 24 | I brought him so I have to take him back . " |
| 25 | And I brought him to terms . |
| 26 | He came round to Grace , so I brought him along here . " |
| 27 | ‘ Unless you 'd rather I brought him in as chaperon ? |
| 28 | I brought him two days later and he saw you . |
| 29 | ‘ Proctor played well when I brought him into the team . |
| 30 | I brought him downstairs give him his dinner and then I put him to sleep in his pram in the front room , but I think that 'd also er |