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 .
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