Example sentences of "brought [noun prp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , that brought Fulham to life and soon afterwards they were testing Prudhoe 's handling , in slippery conditions , with a stream of deep crosses . |
| 2 | Beatty was rocketed to stardom by Elia Kazan — the director who brought Dean to stardom in East of Eden — and , unlike Nicholson , he had influential friends and relations . |
| 3 | Samuel Katwere , editor of The Star , the only independent English-language newspaper , was arrested on Nov. 6 , 1989 , and held without charge over an article published in the paper on Sept. 22 , 1989 , which alleged that the managing director of the government-owned Ugandan Commercial Bank was being paid huge amounts in compensation for the death of two children during the war which brought Museveni to power , and further called Museveni a liar for defending the banker against allegations raised in parliament that he was being paid more than he was worth . |
| 4 | The question brought Matt to life . |
| 5 | He was the nephew of King Idriss , who was deposed by the military coup of 1969 which eventually brought Kadhafi to power . |
| 6 | Yet what brought Edward to heel temporarily at least — was a baronial threat that they might have to find another king if he would not keep his coronation oath , which in their minds meant observing the Ordinances . |
| 7 | Radio Monte Carlo reported on Aug. 29 that Syria had released Nureddin al-Atasi , President from February 1966 until his overthrow by the 1970 bloodless coup which brought Assad to power , after 22 years ' imprisonment . |
| 8 | The elder Pinney , owner of the largest sugar plantations in Nevis , would certainly have been less pliable had he realized that his sons were allowing the new tenants to have Racedown rent-free ; but in the event he quickly warmed to the young poet , and welcomed him as a guest to the family 's town house in Bristol during the autumn of 1795 , the period which first brought Wordsworth into contact with both Coleridge and Southey.7sup18 ; |
| 9 | This fact would be useful for Essay A as Moltke was responsible for the military brilliance of the Prussians in the period and with Room for the restructuring of the army , which crisis also brought Bismarck to power on 23rd September 1862 . |
| 10 | In April 1974 , seven months after the coup which brought Pinochet to power , he arrived at the Air Force base of Colina on the outskirts of Santiago to begin his two years of military service . |
| 11 | This brought Britain into conflict with Islamic fundamentalists , who believed that the Dar al-Islam , the world where Islam ruled , should be peopled with slaves from Dar al-Harb , the lands of the infidel . |
| 12 | The step brought Italy into line with the majority of other member states of the EC . |
| 13 | This agency brought Worsley into association with Samuel Hartlib [ q.v . ] . |
| 14 | That brought Nottingham within range and in no time they produced a broadside which knocked Northampton sideways . |
| 15 | The report added that human rights violations in northern Sudan had increased dramatically since the June 1989 coup which brought Bashir to power [ see p. 36728 ] , with purges in the judiciary , civil service and Army , the banning of trade unions , and the torture of hundreds of political detainees . |
| 16 | Amendments to Slovenia 's constitution adopted by the republican Assembly on Sept. 28 , which asserted the Assembly 's jurisdiction over the Slovene territorial defence force ( civilian units akin to a National Guard in the USA ) , brought Slovenia into conflict at the beginning of October with the federal Presidency , the federal Secretariat for National Defence , and the Serb-dominated JNA high command . |
| 17 | According to Radio Française d'Outre-Mer on the nearby French-administered island of Mayotte , about 30 officers were involved in the coup attempt , led by Lt. Abderamane Abdallah and Lt. Cheikh Abdallah , sons of the former President , Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman , who was assassinated on Nov. 27 , 1989 , in the coup which brought Djohar to power [ see pp. 37033-34 ] . |