Example sentences of "[noun sg] brought him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A conventional classics education at the equivalent of anOxbridge college brought him to Paris . |
| 2 | On Wednesday this campaign brought him to St Augustine 's parish centre , Larchfield Street , Darlington , where the local branch of the Samaritans were holding their annual meeting . |
| 3 | Although his business brought him into contact with many American settlers , he had received little co-operation in the collection of plants ‘ for what was common with them ( but rare with us ) they did not think worth sending ’ . |
| 4 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 5 | It was as he was about to emerge from the far end of the wood that the figure on the ground brought him to a standstill . |
| 6 | The sudden movement brought him into the path of a mourner , whose elbow struck him a glancing blow and sent him reeling . |
| 7 | Jarvis 's money brought him in a tiny income , on which it was just possible to subsist if he walked everywhere , never went to the cinema , ate anything nice , smoked , drank , bought new clothes nor used the phone . |
| 8 | The Mr Universe competition brought him to London , and he was recruited for a tour of South Pacific which needed men for the chorus . |
| 9 | As he reached the gate , Carrie 's voice brought him to a halt . |
| 10 | His appointment in 1650 as secretary to the committee for examinations of the republican council of state brought him to London , where he and Thomas Scott [ q.v. ] headed the intelligence operation that skilfully countered Royalist conspiracy . |
| 11 | His whole professional life brought him into contact with the stories of pagan heroes , Englishmen or Norsemen or Goths ; more than anyone he could appreciate their sterling qualities . |
| 12 | This in turn brought him into contact with Owen Jones , the Superintendent of the Exhibition , for whom he wrote two introductions to Jones ' Grammar of Ornament , first published in 1856 . |
| 13 | A common interest in cricket brought him in touch with William Bateson [ q.v. ] , with whom he began to collaborate on inheritance in 1903 , first in mice and later in peas , fowls , and rabbits . |
| 14 | A bend in the path brought him to a stile at the entrance to Lulling Woods . |
| 15 | In those days he came in with a His coachman brought him in the trap and they got the twenty minutes past seven express train to Glasgow . |
| 16 | Agnew made his mark in midfield at Barnsley where his ability to produce a telling pass brought him to the notice of Blackburn , who shelled out 750,000 for the Shipley-born player . |
| 17 | Isambard 's hand on his shoulder brought him to the bench at the end of the room , where a film of stone-dust coated the floor , and several fragments of carvings and half-cut blocks of stone lay pushed together against the wall , as though discarded long ago . |
| 18 | His Prince 's Trust brought him into contact with the real world . |
| 19 | By 1905 he had moved to St Petersburg where his growing reputation as a miraculous healer brought him to the attention of the Czar and Czarina . |
| 20 | His engineering analysis of the problem brought him to many ideas that were very similar to Alexander 's in terms of posture and sitting . |
| 21 | The sound of a horse and chaise brought him to his feet . |
| 22 | The Marshal connection brought him into friendship with the Basset family of Headington , Oxfordshire , and High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire , for Gilbert Basset [ q.v. ] was also a prominent Marshal supporter . |
| 23 | Mr Galloway 's less abrasive contribution on the floor of the conference in support of greater autonomy for the Scottish party brought him into conflict with the Aberdeen North MP , Bob Hughes . |