Example sentences of "[noun pl] brought [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words brought her up short . |
| 2 | His angry words brought her back to reality , but did nothing to take away her sense of grievance . |
| 3 | The note in his voice was n't easy to decipher , but his words brought her eyes wide open again . |
| 4 | Only a few steps brought him to within feet of her . |
| 5 | A PAPER fan inherited among a job lot on her marriage led Mrs Lynn Lamport on a trail of historical intrigue unearthing tales of three-in-a-bed and of a Lady whose gambling losses brought her down to the level of street sweeper . |
| 6 | With every day that passed he became ever more despairing and hopeless as messengers brought him reports of the army 's casualties . |
| 7 | Her legs brought her to a halt in front of a glass case containing a Leeds dinner-service . |
| 8 | We had climbed together a couple of weeks before at Goat Crag , where I was once again reminded how suited Fanshawe is to upward progress ; a powerful frame and seemingly hydraulic legs brought him to the crag aeons before I arrived . |
| 9 | Against Fareham the juniors trailed 2-1 at half-time , but a change of tactics brought them a 6-2 win . |
| 10 | Their husbands brought their cars to the rally which is being held at the former car-plant at Dunmurry this weekend . |
| 11 | A single line railway ran from St George 's to Kelly 's Island , the full length of the colony , and many Bermudians brought their bicycles part of the way to town on the flat-cars attached to the train for that purpose . |
| 12 | Has the way that you 've dealt with your children 's anxieties brought you closer to them ? |
| 13 | Brighton Borough Council with the Arts Council and South East Arts brought us into being — and their support continues as strongly as ever . |
| 14 | Portuguese missionaries brought them to East Africa from South America in the 15th century . |
| 15 | Comparing the rubrics ailments from suppressed anger with tumours , uterine , fibroids brought me to Aurum . |
| 16 | MIKE Watkinson 's pick ‘ n mix deliveries brought him ten wickets in a match for the first time yesterday as Lancashire thrashed Warwickshire by an innings and 25 runs at Edgbaston . |
| 17 | The sound of Nathan 's returning footsteps brought her swiftly and instinctively to her feet . |
| 18 | Is this what life is for , is this why my parents brought me up with so much love and care ? |
| 19 | ‘ My parents brought me up to — ’ |
| 20 | A fourth — a girl — had an epileptic fit as rescuers brought them down from the Lake District peak at Ullswater in Cumbria . |
| 21 | He pens his ‘ Explanation ’ in his old age in an attempt to explain to himself what went wrong in his life , and how his always acting from the highest , most unselfish motives brought him no happiness but only pain and alienation . |
| 22 | Okay there was thirty two baskets brought them all out made them gone off . |
| 23 | Liartes brought his mount in to land on the turf a few yards away and dismounted casually . |
| 24 | A sudden clatter of hoofs brought her back to an awareness of their public surroundings . |
| 25 | Three powerful strokes brought her to the rail where she went straight into an underwater turn and headed down the pool . |
| 26 | If the radical tendency of his lectures brought him enemies , it was the new friends he was making who were to prove more important . |
| 27 | The Russians for their part promised to recognize the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary when it seemed appropriate and Austria agreed not to oppose the union of Bulgaria and eastern Roumelia , if circumstances brought it about . |
| 28 | My five-year-old godson 's grandparents brought him a small , framed drawing for his christening present . |
| 29 | Mr Bell said the parents and the grandparents brought it to his attention . |
| 30 | He was the assistant doctor for the hotel — although a lot of guests brought their own in those days . |