Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] brought [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner .
2 Frank was brought up in the Hollywood studio tradition and expected producers to exert a large amount of control , but Lester 's lack of freedom did not stop him changing parts of the script — including all of Gawford 's scenes — and reducing the number of songs .
3 Three minutes after the break , City know it was not going to be their day , they themselves were awarded a penalty when Frankie Machavellio was brought down in the area .
4 Raoul Walsh was brought over from the US to direct O.H.M.S .
5 You thought that might lie behind Mahmoud being brought back into the Zoser case .
6 Tory Peter Jones said it was time South Africa was brought in from the cold .
7 Abraham has passed the test , Isaac is saved , and the purposes of God are brought back from the edge of the abyss .
8 The eventual destruction of Jerusalem was brought about by the Romans to crush the rebellion of Bar Kokhba who was styled by the Akiba , the most famous rabbi of the time , as the Messiah .
9 In 1988 Mr Kevin Gavaghan was brought in from the Burton Group , a British clothes retailer , to be the bank 's marketing director .
10 ( Wendy is brought up from the hold and sees at a glance that the deck has n't been scrubbed for years . )
11 Williams rounded off with a 63rd-minute penalty after Gabbiadini was brought down in the area .
12 Born in 1754 , Murdock was brought up to the trade of his father who was a millwright and miller .
13 The first bit of ‘ fighting ’ was after Wallace was brought down in the area for what I thought was a definate penalty .
14 But then Villa skipper Kevin Richardson was brought down in the area by Dean Austin after bursting through , and Staunton converted a 71st minute spot kick .
15 But then Villa skipper Kevin Richardson was brought down in the area by Dean Austin after bursting through , and Staunton converted a 71st minute spot kick .
16 The Free Miners of the Forest of Dean were brought in to the general election campaign today , with a warning that their livelihoods could be ruined by imports of cheap foreign coal .
17 When Lenny McLean is brought up from the cells in his cardigan to strand trial for the murder of Gary Humphreys , there are no spare seats in the gallery of Court 13 .
18 The son of a Scottish father who deserted the family home at an early age and a Jewish mother , McLaren was brought up in the middle-class London suburb of Edgware .
19 A further change in the law since the case of Nash v. Inman was brought about by the Family Law Reform Act 1969 which reduced the age of majority to 18 so that only people under that age enjoy the privileged status of minor .
20 Instead , the evidence strongly suggested that the higher imprisonment rate in England and Wales was brought about by the courts ' decisions to commit a greater number of people to prison , both on remand and also under sentence .
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