Example sentences of "be brought [adv prt] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if the daily figures had n't yet been brought over from the Ritz and Strand , he would stop off there too . |
| 2 | Below 700m many of the soils are man-made — the soils on the terraces having been brought up from the river mouths or down from the bases of the escarpments . |
| 3 | ‘ But , if the body had been brought in from the Met area , we would not necessarily have been alerted . ’ |
| 4 | It was n't likely that anyone would come that way , for the hen crees were situated in the field just beyond the hedge , and the sheep were there too , having been brought down from the hills after ten of their already small stock had been taken . |
| 5 | They are , indeed , reported by people who have been brought back from the edge of death — though mundane scientists tend to attribute them to the effects of oxygen starvation on a failing brain . |
| 6 | In winter , the storms stir up the water , and nutrients — such as N and P — are brought up from the bottom . |
| 7 | Abraham has passed the test , Isaac is saved , and the purposes of God are brought back from the edge of the abyss . |
| 8 | On either side of the gangway doors were small doors on the floor level ; these were for the double purpose of allowing a hosepipe to be brought through from the line for washing out purposes , and also to allow free escape of water . |
| 9 | But not in the lake ; the lake water itself was caustic , and all our water had to be brought over from the mainland . |
| 10 | A train of empty wagons was hauled by locomotive to the quarry entrance while a train of full wagons would be brought up from the quarry . |
| 11 | The profit per tonne in Aegina is falling , because trimming the trees and picking the nuts is a laborious business that modern workers can insist on being paid more for , and much of the water the trees need has to be brought in from the mainland . |
| 12 | ‘ — a high quality of legal advice , experience and competence in conducting and managing cases of this sort ; — the greater likelihood that all potential plaintiffs would be brought in from the outset , assisting the conduct of the case and giving greater certainty to defendants ; — the co-ordinated organisation of claims , research , expert opinions and pre-trial procedures . ’ |
| 13 | Even so the sum of money Minton had donated was so large that drinkers had to be brought in from the street . |
| 14 | There 's a couple more to be brought in from the pack on the horse . |
| 15 | I watched with interest as rifles were brought up from the cellar and sandbags were filled . |
| 16 | The earliest of these was in 1495BC , when frankincense trees were brought back from the Horn of Africa for Queen Hatshepsut . |
| 17 | Silver , lead , copper , iron and mercury were the most important metals which were brought in from the mines some of which were owned by Ragusan merchants — in Bosnia , Serbia and Kosovo . |
| 18 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |
| 19 | Sheep were few , cows were kept only in small herds possibly of no more than six for dairy use , mostly of mixed breeds and the horses were brought in from the Midlands . |
| 20 | It was the kind of sound that made you think of the noise lambs probably make when they can smell the mint being brought in from the garden . |
| 21 | Wounded were being brought out from the orchard at the back of the farm which was being subjected to unusually heavy mortaring from the German positions just a short distance across the fields . |
| 22 | ( Wendy is brought up from the hold and sees at a glance that the deck has n't been scrubbed for years . ) |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In part he is swayed by fear of his fate at the hands of the enraged seamen : in part he is driven by an awakening of conscience as painful as the circulation returning to the frozen body of Thomas Fox when he is brought down from the masthead . |
| 25 | The cigarette , tip turned in towards the palm , is brought down from the mouth in an exaggerated arc and held behind the back . |
| 26 | A substantial part of this firewood is brought in from the villages to be sold in the cities , although nobody really knows how much . |
| 27 | If the bulge wind is in a steady state and is fed by inflow driven by the bar , the mass flowing into the central parsec is small compared with what is brought in from the disk . |
| 28 | Raoul Walsh was brought over from the US to direct O.H.M.S . |
| 29 | It was interesting the way the film was brought over from the picture . |
| 30 | At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience . |