Example sentences of "she brought [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How much it meant to us when she brought her Waterford tumbler up onto the stage with her , settled her feathers and her sequins and then looked calmly round until there was complete silence . |
| 2 | The first time she brought him flowers — a posy of crocuses in a glass jar — he suddenly and unaccountably wept . |
| 3 | He still however was in a sufficient bad temper to punch Jocelyn in the mouth as she brought him tea . |
| 4 | She brought me breakfast in bed to ensure that I was awake and would n't spend the morning half-sleeping in frowsty tumbled sheets . |
| 5 | She gave us parties and disapproved of me teaching : Jennifer darling , surely you can get a job in a nice private girls ' school But when I was 14 and had awful tonsillitis she brought me lemon and honey and sat on the edge of the pillow holding my damp hand . |
| 6 | She brought us Parmesan and Italian vegetables and Mena to do an afternoon 's worth of sewing , but it never went right , she disapproved of us dreadfully . |