Example sentences of "[Wh det] brought he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took two steps which brought him into contact with me : he joined the ATC Squadron , and he saw to it that he did Fire-Watch duty on my nights . |
| 2 | At Oxford , influenced by H. B. Bulteel [ q.v. ] , he experienced an evangelical conversion which brought him into a circle of somewhat radical piety . |
| 3 | His subsequent progress inside the Corporation was rapid and distinctive — from the external services in Bush House to Canada again , this time as BBC representative from 1956 to 1959 ; back to Bush House as head of external broadcasting administration ; on to Broadcasting House as the BBC 's secretary ( 1963–6 ) , a post of varying status and influence at different times in the history of the BBC , but during the regime of the director-general , Sir Hugh Greene , who had personally selected Curran for the job , a key post drawing him into discussions of policy , often highly controversial policy , as well as of administration ; back again to Bush House as director of external services ( 1967–9 ) , which brought him into close touch with government ; and on Greene 's retirement , becoming , to his considerable surprise , director-general himself in April 1969 . |
| 4 | In 1905 he published Studies in Colonial Nationalism , the book which brought him into public notice . |
| 5 | With Maurice Thompson and Samuel Moyer [ qq.v. ] he was involved in trading ventures with West Africa , which brought him into competition with the East India Company , but he went on to become the company 's deputy governor in 1657 and its governor in 1659 . |
| 6 | However , with the ascendancy of the conservative faction in the 1540s , Rudd began to achieve a modest prominence , being nominated clerk of the closet , which brought him into close personal contact with Henry VIII . |
| 7 | In 1533 , the Bishop became involved with the Holy Maid of Kent , with her visions and threats against King Henry VIII , and also along with his friend Sir Thomas More with the Bishops ' stand against the King over his divorce and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn , which brought him into trouble with the King . |
| 8 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 9 | His uncle 's wealth , the chauffeur-driven limousine which brought him to and from school , cut him off as securely as did his own past . |
| 10 | Baker 's sanitary reports on the cholera in Tyneside , and on housing and environmental conditions in Leeds , included a use of maps which brought him to wider notice . |
| 11 | Which brought him to why he was here . |
| 12 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 13 | In Stage VII however , when Napier 's ( Alliance ) surplus of 284 ( from Condy and Maginness , see above ) was transferred , five votes went to Bradford which brought him above McNarry who was eliminated in Stage VIII . |
| 14 | So it is worth bearing in mind , when considering the later reign of ‘ the Scot who was a Frenchwoman ’ , that the story of Albany frantically ‘ cramming ’ on Scottish chronicles on the ship which brought him from France is a good pointer to the attitude of a man who managed , with some success , to understand and deal with the domestic problems of Scotland , even while caught in the intolerable welter of shifting relations between France and England , with their rival demands for Scottish support . |
| 15 | He made contacts which brought him in touch with Jack Kent Cook who ran Saturday Night Magazine . |
| 16 | After high school in Greece , to which the family returned when Mendoros was in his teens , he looked round for the best place to pursue his obsession — which is what brought him to Perth . |
| 17 | That 's what brought him to the Sleek Physique club in Didcot at the weekend — together with a legion of fans . |