Example sentences of "[noun prp] was bring [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner . |
| 2 | Moses was brought up in a high-ranking Egyptian family and then , later in life , led a lowly people , the Jews . |
| 3 | Henry Lees deserted his family and Florence was brought up by a half-brother , an Oxford don , who sent her to school in London . |
| 4 | Frank was brought up in the Hollywood studio tradition and expected producers to exert a large amount of control , but Lester 's lack of freedom did not stop him changing parts of the script — including all of Gawford 's scenes — and reducing the number of songs . |
| 5 | Three minutes after the break , City know it was not going to be their day , they themselves were awarded a penalty when Frankie Machavellio was brought down in the area . |
| 6 | Described as ‘ kind-hearted , yet … a lively and obstinate boy , , Tom was brought up in a prosperous house ( his father was a manager of a textile firm ) and was used to a well-stocked meal table . |
| 7 | Raoul Walsh was brought over from the US to direct O.H.M.S . |
| 8 | Tory Peter Jones said it was time South Africa was brought in from the cold . |
| 9 | It was in Nazareth that Jesus was brought up as a carpenter 's son . |
| 10 | The eventual destruction of Jerusalem was brought about by the Romans to crush the rebellion of Bar Kokhba who was styled by the Akiba , the most famous rabbi of the time , as the Messiah . |
| 11 | Hendrie was brought down by a clumsy Kevin Jobling challenge just inside the area . |
| 12 | Stepson of a rabbi and product of a broken home , Laszlo was brought up in an orphanage , and it is clear that from a very early age this intense , obstinate man sought not only to bring order to his own life but to control to an unprecedented degree the environment of his future family . |
| 13 | In 1988 Mr Kevin Gavaghan was brought in from the Burton Group , a British clothes retailer , to be the bank 's marketing director . |
| 14 | His father died prematurely and Knott was brought up by an aunt and uncle while attending Arbroath High School ( 1864–71 ) . |
| 15 | Williams rounded off with a 63rd-minute penalty after Gabbiadini was brought down in the area . |
| 16 | Born in 1754 , Murdock was brought up to the trade of his father who was a millwright and miller . |
| 17 | Steve was brought up as a strict Baptist . |
| 18 | Cremonese dominated the first half and were unlucky not to get a penalty when winger Massika Lombardini was brought down by a joint tackle from Osman and Gerry Harrison . |
| 19 | The first bit of ‘ fighting ’ was after Wallace was brought down in the area for what I thought was a definate penalty . |
| 20 | But then Villa skipper Kevin Richardson was brought down in the area by Dean Austin after bursting through , and Staunton converted a 71st minute spot kick . |
| 21 | But then Villa skipper Kevin Richardson was brought down in the area by Dean Austin after bursting through , and Staunton converted a 71st minute spot kick . |
| 22 | It is a rare example of a Scottish company that went to the edge in the early 1980s ( Lord Tombs of Rolls-Royce was brought in as a company doctor to turn it around ) and emerge stronger on the other side as well as maintaining Scottish roots . |
| 23 | Born in 1945 , Sutton was brought up in a Nissen hut , the son of a mechanic and a hairdresser . |
| 24 | I do n't think Steve Albini was brought in as a statement . |
| 25 | Not that his son condemns him for this , blaming instead the way Olivier Snr was brought up by a cold domineering father , a priest who put church before family , and his own dedication to fulfilling his professional promise . |
| 26 | The son of a Scottish father who deserted the family home at an early age and a Jewish mother , McLaren was brought up in the middle-class London suburb of Edgware . |
| 27 | A further change in the law since the case of Nash v. Inman was brought about by the Family Law Reform Act 1969 which reduced the age of majority to 18 so that only people under that age enjoy the privileged status of minor . |
| 28 | Instead , the evidence strongly suggested that the higher imprisonment rate in England and Wales was brought about by the courts ' decisions to commit a greater number of people to prison , both on remand and also under sentence . |