Example sentences of "and brought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huguenot refugees from France settled here in what became one of London 's ghettoes in the eighteenth century , and brought their weaving skills with them . |
| 2 | Chertsey , 4–0 winners at Bracknell , have moved into third place and brought their goals total for the season to 93 . |
| 3 | The French chemical firm Rhône-Poulenc have sponsored the restoration work and brought their technical expertise to bear . |
| 4 | They unsheathed together and brought their swords forward two-handed into guard . |
| 5 | Craftsmen had fled from Kiev and brought their architecture with them . |
| 6 | People dressed differently and brought their kids . |
| 7 | Paul Rideout 's first league goal for Everton was also the first by one of the club 's strikers at The City Ground for almost 23 years - and brought their first league win at Nottingham Forest for more than 10 years . |
| 8 | The underground was still working , and brought her near the church , where she could see the crowd and the candles outside . |
| 9 | That Friday night he picked her up at the airport and brought her home , but fifteen minutes after they got there , ‘ some guys showed up to sell Seth cocaine . |
| 10 | Hurrying back to the town , they applied restoratives and brought her back to consciousness . |
| 11 | Mamma put her ample arm round Noreen 's shaking shoulders and brought her to the kitchen table and made her sit down . |
| 12 | Things happened as they must have happened , only in fact it was Rufus who had picked her up and brought her back to Wyvis Hall . |
| 13 | Of course , it ai n't my business who she is and what she 's doin' here , you probably found her in a gypsy caravan outside Spurgeon 's Tabernacle and brought her here while me back was turned . |
| 14 | Maura sat nervously on the edge of the big double bed while he opened the bottle and brought her a glass . |
| 15 | When the baby was born , the O'Dells adopted her — a darling little girl , dark and pretty — and brought her up as their own , with Connor and Sean . |
| 16 | ‘ I learned this fact , ’ continued the great man , ‘ from Mrs Reed , the kind lady who took care of her after her parents ’ death and brought her up as a member of the family . |
| 17 | And waited for her and brought her home again . |
| 18 | But even to come out of her flat and come up to us , if we went down and brought her up , she would come . |
| 19 | She must have been asleep for some hours when the sound of her opening bedroom door penetrated her dreams and brought her instantly awake . |
| 20 | Unmarried , she took her niece Speedwell , daughter of her brother Arthur , into her house when Arthur and his wife committed suicide , and brought her up herself . |
| 21 | He borrowed someone 's press card and brought her a drink . |
| 22 | I jumped into the river , fought against the fast-moving water , and brought her back to land . |
| 23 | She spoke rather absently for she was remembering a vase of stiff-looking artificial flowers of an unknown species , seen fleetingly in a funeral director 's window , which now overlaid her memory of the bright Kensington shops and brought her back to the reality of her life in North London . |
| 24 | And brought her to with them see and then she stayed here she never went out of here then . |
| 25 | Luke grabbed hold of her arm and brought her up short , half dragging her through , banging the kitchen door shut behind them . |
| 26 | I rescued Anna from a crowd at Charwelton and brought her back here to you and your people — remember ? ’ |
| 27 | The thought disturbed her and brought her to her knees by Scathach 's scarred corpse . |
| 28 | Somehow we kept the ship afloat and brought her back to Liverpool on our own , which was a bit hair raising . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's a legend which says that , once upon a time , a handsome and passionate Moorish king won the hand of a lovely princess from a northern country and brought her to live on the Algarve , ’ Vitor explained . |
| 30 | You challenged Mrs Thatcher and brought her down . |