Example sentences of "to bring [pers pn] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Most youths and even small boys wore a strip of hide around their wrists or ankles : this had been given them with appropriate blessing to bring them success when they became warriors .
2 RIGHT the OBAS bed gives correct support for each partner , helping to bring them relaxation and relief from pain .
3 I would like to bring them flowers and round boxes of Turkish Delight and strings of beaded sea-shells .
4 ‘ But you must not think it is only to bring you charity that I came .
5 Sometimes you have to be more patient and allow the universe to bring you joy and abundance in its own way , and in its own time .
6 I 'm glad to bring you greetings because I think you serve a particularly unimportant purpose !
7 Finally , a reminder that we have a special programme tonight to bring you results and news from today 's local government elections .
8 While the students compete for honours within their class , the teacher may be looking to the class as a whole , competing with other teachers ' classes , to bring him esteem and promotion .
9 ‘ Yes , there ought to be somebody to bring him soup and toast and cooling drinks .
10 Bright though his three sons were , they had nothing on Sally-Anne , the daughter conceived in the purest love , out of wedlock , to bring him joy and sorrow .
11 We shall expect the Spirit to bring us assurance that we are indeed the sons of God , and conversely we shall be careful not to deny that any Christian people , any sons of the heavenly Father , possess the Spirit of adoption .
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