Example sentences of "to bring [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As from July 1988 , however , the rules for self-employed pensions were also altered to bring them in line with personal pensions . |
| 32 | As stated a few paragraphs higher , the rules for self-employed pension plans have been altered to bring them in line with other personal pensions . |
| 33 | SCOTVEC has now adapted these competences to bring them in line with National Certificate Modules . |
| 34 | We do not see why the advantages should not be extended to working class people whose wages are too low to bring them within income tax limits ’ ( my italics ) ( Labour Party/TUC , 1929 , para. 4 ) . |
| 35 | ‘ Now I hear the Pope has decided to bring me to trial . |
| 36 | Then he lowered his gaze and observed with dark humour , ‘ The receptionist probably thought you were some irate girlfriend come to bring me to book about something or other . ’ |
| 37 | Do you have any more messages to bring me from Victor Frankenstein ? ’ |
| 38 | I followed the cliff path which led steeply up out of Otters ' Bay and then westward over the headland for something less than half a mile , to bring me in sight of the bay I had seen yesterday . |
| 39 | To begin the action , the adult says something like : ‘ Now what shall we ask Santa to bring you for Christmas ? ’ |
| 40 | Between the 10th and 14th aspects conspire to bring you on line with your destiny . |
| 41 | You 've got ta let new birth within you allow God to bring you to life , to new life . |
| 42 | ‘ We are going to bring you to heel , boy . |
| 43 | Why did you have to bring her over Geoff ? |
| 44 | Work to bring her to Transport Category Certificate was carried out by Ron Neal Aviation . |
| 45 | I would save some money and then I would find a man to marry me , especially if I promised to bring him to London . |
| 46 | She had him completely relaxed , and wallowing in her fellation , as she worked patiently to bring him to orgasm . |
| 47 | I remember your determination to bring him to Spain with you . ’ |
| 48 | A group of Scots taken prisoner at Solway Moss , the earls of Glencairn and Cassillis , lords Fleming , Maxwell , Somerville and others , obtained their release and were sent back to Scotland when they signed a request to Henry that he should take Mary into his care , with the intention of marrying her to his son , the future Edward VI ; their offer that they would help to bring him to power in Scotland , should Mary die , was kept entirely secret . |
| 49 | It took police 13 years to bring him to justice . |
| 50 | An Alliance candidate , Canavan , was again the runner-up who would have needed two-thirds of the non-transferable votes to bring him above McClure ( DUP ) who was elected seventh . |
| 51 | She was fighting to turn him , fighting to bring him on top of her . |
| 52 | As the crew neared the still floating aircraft they spotted the pilot nearby , they approached him to bring him on board but he pulled a pistol out and was about to fire when the coxswain shot him . |
| 53 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 54 | Erm again i er the old story , we ca n't get speakers on a Monday and better luck in last year this year , sorry er I was able to get Danny but there again he came very expensive erm but we brought , we had to bring him from Lancaster so er , you ca n't expect him to come for nothing . |
| 55 | We first performed it in New York where a crazy art dealer decided to bring it to London , so to London we came . |
| 56 | She was surprised to find it rising for the third time , but though it hardened she knew it would take an age to bring it to orgasm . |
| 57 | For the sake of our fans who stood by us through the lean years , I would love to bring it to Cliftonville . ’ |
| 58 | Alternatively , the choreographer may be inspired by a piece of music and wish to bring it to life in dance ( see page 41 ) . |
| 59 | The rain returned in earnest and , for all the skill and craft of Valdo , Alemao and the rest , the evening desperately needed an explosion from Careca or Romario near goal to bring it to life . |
| 60 | The kitchen , which Mungo had only ever seen full of people , seemed incomplete ; waiting for human activity to bring it to life . |