Example sentences of "[noun sg] bring an [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the first touch of his lips she trembled , and Penry took her in his arms , his kiss suddenly fierce until a tactful little cough from the doorway brought an untimely end to the embrace . |
| 2 | Several times the postman brought an old packet to our house , which was addressed to a man called Currer Bell . |
| 3 | The arrival of the Mendip mast and colour television brought an added breadth to viewing in the West . |
| 4 | The exhibition text coyly notices : ‘ Some artists acknowledge that the close presence of the model brings an added tension to their work ’ . |
| 5 | A woman seeks the truth of her ancestry , and discovers truth can be what you want it to be ; in a hospital a neglected old man weaves fables in a lost language ; fantasy becomes reality when a young boy 's sense of wonder is awakened by the first man in space ; a man 's obsession with ‘ the dogs ’ has grim but farcical consequences ; a couple 's holiday in France is disturbed by the ghosts of war ; a chance encounter brings an unexpected delight to a birdwatcher . |
| 6 | The shooting pain brought an involuntary cry to her lips , loud enough to halt Travis , who was some yards ahead . |
| 7 | Next morning in the market , shopping for a picnic , our struggles with the phrasebook brought an English-speaking Thai to our rescue , explaining that the quail eggs we had bought were raw , but could be cooked for us in the soup cauldron wherever we took breakfast . |
| 8 | Perhaps now is the right time to bring an unproductive relationship to an end . |
| 9 | This book is geared more to those parents who take a major part of the responsibility for the games and are just using the entertainer to bring an additional dimension to the party . |