Example sentences of "brought [pers pn] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reanimated these bones but we are not told how he brought them to life . |
| 2 | Bush and Gorbachev merely represent the forces which brought them to office and merely pursue an agenda so predetermined that its outcome could have been predicted in advance . |
| 3 | Portuguese missionaries brought them to East Africa from South America in the 15th century . |
| 4 | Another half-hour 's walking brought me to Cow Dub where a stream thunders down from a lip of flowstone , crashing through a narrow tubular cavern to scour out a perfectly formed round pool below . |
| 5 | hope brought you to mid-winter , |
| 6 | Add up that loss and ask yourself whether a few more pounds spent on books to prosecute the purpose that brought you to college will , in later years , make any difference to your funds . |
| 7 | He was totally obsessed with that dreadful little boy Grégoire — he even brought him to tea here , you know , and the child had no manners at all , he broke one of the Sèvres cups — Edouard said he was nervous … |
| 8 | When six years later a son was finally born , his new family simply threw him out and the poverty is so great in the region that one month spent begging and homeless brought him to death 's door . |
| 9 | She was vaguely conscious of passing through occasional stations but she did n't wake up until a soft shaking of her shoulder gently brought her to life . |
| 10 | Travis 's husky question brought her to realisation of where she was and with whom . |
| 11 | She had hung up a Breughel pint , and the golden patterns on the wall brought it to life — the Elizabethan diamond panes casting shafts of light and designs which would have been impossible through a modern window . |
| 12 | ‘ He says , ‘ Sir Jaq 's correct in his supposition that all the slaughter brought it to life — exactly like a conjuration . ’ |
| 13 | Such measures brought it to heel for the time being ; but this was to be the last occasion before the end of the old monarchy when the government won a real victory over this increasingly dangerous opponent . |
| 14 | Because in 1982 , when I was nine years old , my father 's work brought us to North Cornwall , where the landscapes are among the most magical on Earth and the legend of King Arthur still burns . |
| 15 | Which brought us to fame . |