Example sentences of "brought [pers pn] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A servant brought them some wine and sugared pastries which Cranston immediately attacked . |
2 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
3 | You 'll find enclosed the original photograph you brought me some time ago — the one I took the enlargement from . |
4 | One day Sapt brought me some news — he had found out where the King was . |
5 | She brought me some oranges from my orchard but I could n't eat them . |
6 | ‘ Come on , lazybones , it 's nearly dinner-time , ’ Otley scolded when he brought me some tea up . |
7 | She said , ‘ I brought you some port , Mr Swinton , and — and some mince pies , Dora 's mince pies are so very excellent — ’ |
8 | ‘ Fraulein , I understand from Bruno that you are prepared to swear to a document that Corporal Blagg brought you some death certificates on the night when Herr Hochhauser — ( thank God he had remembered the name ) ‘ — the Standesbeamte from Bad Schwarzendorn was murdered . |
9 | ‘ I brought you some flowers , but the warden took them away , ’ I said . |
10 | This task was for him somewhat infra dig , but until Burden and Sergeant Martin brought him some information he had little else to do , and this way he could , at any rate , be certain it was well done . |
11 | Belov brought her some broth about an hour later , and he helped her up to the bowl . |
12 | Lydia even brought her some dandelion leaves . |
13 | When Glen Baxter came for a signing session , we sold 80 copies of his book — a modest number perhaps for a shop of this size , but sales of his ‘ spin-off ’ goods amounted to a further 40% of the shop 's turnover that day and brought us some 16% over our sales target for that week . |