Example sentences of "[noun] and bring [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand that Wyre Borough Council are standardising all the play equipment throughout the borough and bringing it up to British Standards safety requirements . |
| 2 | Then he nodded at Benny who took the hammer and brought it back over his head , ready to smash it down on to the cartridge at a sign from his brother . |
| 3 | Erm well perhaps before I answer that question Mr Chairman , I could just briefly skim across the programme and bring you up to date as to where we are and then we 'll go directly on to that point . |
| 4 | It was a kind of loop and roll that dodged the pursuing aircraft and brought you up behind it . |
| 5 | After a while he made tea and brought it back to bed and they talked in a way she never could have with Mike , or anyone she knew , about Garstang 's book on the songs of birds and about Haydn 's Bird Quartet and Wagner 's bird music in Siegfried . |
| 6 | Insert needle again in the lower stitch and bring it out in the next stitch to the left ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Well often I might see somebody waving out by the gate frantically trying to get in where he 's put one of his different size padlocks round the gate , the back gate and the front gate , and often if we need to feed the cat he 's padlocked all the different padlocks round the kitchen cupboards erm we 've been unable to get the cat food out , so we 've had to go off in the car and bring him back from a friend because he 's the only one who knows which key goes with which padlock to undo all the cupboards . |
| 9 | By promoting economic aspects and bringing them out into the open for everyone to see , we are contributing towards better informed decisions on the part of prescribers and policy makers alike . ’ |
| 10 | As Floy and Snodgrass watched in silence , the Elms stretched out their hard , lichen-crusted branches and brought them down on the prisoner 's shoulders and thighs , at the place where the skin had started to tear . |
| 11 | He snapped off armfuls of branches and brought them back in piles to Ratagan . |
| 12 | Thus the liner is effectively sealed between three rows of bricks and brings it up above water level , preventing seepage . |
| 13 | He has arrived only a short while before , but did not question the order that von Keller gave to Lt Rosen and several men of the 10th Company to remain close to the vehicle and to bring it up to the battalion by road . |
| 14 | Then suddenly closing his eyes and clenching his fist and bringing it down on the counter , he said , ‘ Whatever you want to do , for God 's sake ! |
| 15 | It was always a project which was in parallel with Queen , because we always had a positive attitude to people doing stuff outside the band , getting new experiences and bringing them back into the band . |
| 16 | Your brother nicked three er bottles of lager and brought them round to my house on Saturday . |
| 17 | They adopted the child and brought it up as their own , christening him Matthew after Saul 's late father . |
| 18 | Would n't he go and find that child and bring it up as his own ? |
| 19 | Clutching his sleeve , she said : ‘ Nahum , we could adopt a child and bring it up as if it were our own . ’ |
| 20 | In 1686 the English envoy to the States General , Bevil Skelton [ q.v. ] , and some of James II 's army officers attempted to kidnap Peyton and bring him back to England , but failed , and the affair caused a diplomatic incident . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't take a black child into a white home and bring her up as your own . ’ |
| 22 | However , starting from civil society has the virtue of starting from how people do lead their lives and brings us up against questions about how social changes have transformed the range of possibilities available to them . |
| 23 | Then shower — ‘ Acqua Fredda ’ , cold spray to tone and give elasticity to the skin and bring you down to earth . |
| 24 | During the Russian Revolution Alfred loaded the clock on to a cart and brought it back to England . |
| 25 | Hurrying back to the town , they applied restoratives and brought her back to consciousness . |
| 26 | After a great struggle Blair landed the fish and brought it over to where I was standing , mouth agape . |
| 27 | You add all this other information and you constantly do that throughout the 24 hour day by saying that , ‘ it 's 11 o'clock , time for your coffee ’ , ‘ it 's twelve o'clock , it 's time for lunch ’ , and constantly giving your name and bringing them back to the present . ’ |
| 28 | The small man hefted the shaft over his head and brought it down on Keith with the full force that his frame could muster . |
| 29 | The raging young lad raised the chopper above his head and brought it down with tremendous force . |
| 30 | ‘ He was about 25 miles offshore when he approached the fishing boat and the crew was so alarmed at his ignorance they radioed coastguards and brought him back to Falmouth , ’ Mr Taylor said . |