Example sentences of "[noun sg] brought [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formal ought may look rather too like an artificial construct brought in to make the theory work and some might well wonder how the special functional legal ought could simultaneously be regarded , as I purport to regard it , as a moral ought . |
| 2 | The programmers responded in a variety of ways — by attacking the competence of the ‘ dilutees ’ whom management brought in to fragment their work , and by habitually withholding their most important resource : information . |
| 3 | Leeds , though , had good spells and 37-year-old Day , their goalkeeping coach brought in to replace the injured John Lukic , said : ‘ City were n't four goals better than us but the players need a rest . |
| 4 | He was removed to some far cell and a minion brought in to act his part . |
| 5 | The vet brought in to treat the animals says he 's never encounted so much neglect . |
| 6 | Whether this perspective represents wisdom or only a curious anachronism today , it commands the scrutiny of a post-war generation in the West brought up to respect the limits of military power more than its utility . |
| 7 | The Kestrel brought along to try the new boxes for size liked his new home so much , he did n't want to come out ! |
| 8 | The new government brought in to replace the one that resigned a month ago turns out to be little more than a royal-family reshuffle . |
| 9 | MALCOLM ALLISON was back in managerial business last night when Dennis Rofe quit struggling Bristol Rovers after a row over the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters . |
| 10 | And Tom Hanks bravely piled on the pounds to play the part of Jimmy Dugan , a tobacco-spitting drunk and played-out former star brought in to manage the girls . |
| 11 | Now imagine the small hand on 10 both clocks is held at 3 and the large hand brought round to meet the small hand . |
| 12 | With this type of traffic came the added danger of drugs and/or other contraband brought in to finance themselves , although this combination of smuggling was not common , probably because all their cash had been paid to the organisers of the run . |