Example sentences of "bring [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a mum as a single parent and two grandparents and they did an excellent job of bringing me up ! |
| 2 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 3 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 4 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
| 5 | Very great odium T. Poole incurred by bringing me here … when Wordsworth came & he likewise by T. Poole 's agency settled here — You can not conceive the tumult , calumnies , & apparatus of threatened persecutions which this event has occasioned round about us . |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Refusing to rise to the bait , she visualised and counted ten elephants , a hangover habit from her childhood , then , her voice tightly controlled , asked , ‘ Would you please explain why you insisted on bringing me here instead of taking me to the Trevi ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do you remember bringing me here when I was very new to Monte Samana ? ’ |
| 10 | Thank you ever so much for bringing me round , it 's very nice of you . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose you think bringing me home gives you the right to tell me which friends I should choose , do you ? |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me home , ’ she said in a light voice , and David glanced briefly at her as she climbed from the car . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you again for bringing me home . ’ |
| 14 | I remember Debbie bringing me home once from Bingo and he 's coming up as she 's coming up , she 's almost there too her house , and he would n't budge , he would n't back , he would n't reverse at all . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Swinton has so much already , ’ Alexandra said , her voice almost steady , ‘ that he asked if you might have the basket for bringing me out here on Christmas night . ’ |
| 16 | Abruptly Clare said to David , ‘ Thank you for bringing me back . |
| 17 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 19 | ‘ And who suggested bringing me in ? ’ |
| 20 | Yeah , that 's right , bring them forward to Monday . |
| 21 | He is not just the Pope of the Roman Catholics but a symbol of human beings striving to create institutions and practices which bring them closer to the ways of God . |
| 22 | ‘ Then bring them closer . |
| 23 | Apart from providing important evidence about the relationship between resources and performance in higher education , the demonstration of stable between-area assessment patterns has enabled the Modular Course to successively nudge each area into modifications of assessment practice which gradually bring them closer together . |
| 24 | The Draft Airports ( Northern Ireland ) Order 1993 also includes measures to update legislation controlling airports in the province and bring them broadly into line . |
| 25 | ‘ Bring them round to us , ’ said a chirpy spokeswoman from Barclays . |
| 26 | Blessings from a holy man bring them round . |
| 27 | Thus drugs can be said to act on people and relax them ( 26 ) or bring them around ( 27 ) ; information can put some people in a favourable position with respect to others ( 28 ) ; and pointers can be seen as guiding people ( i.e. as somehow active or operative ) in the proper discharge of their duties . |
| 28 | if you bring them over to my house |
| 29 | Yeah bring them over and let John |
| 30 | He had no hawk on his wrist and no falconer at his elbow , only a handful of decorous gentlemen of his household , riding as though to welcome guests on the road and bring them courteously homewards . |