Example sentences of "to bring [pers pn] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It always gave Anne goosebumps , especially when the unidentified male voice answered the girls ' plea for Mr Sandman to bring them a dream with a drawn-out , ever-so-slightly creepy ‘ ye-e-es ? ’ |
| 2 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
| 3 | ( I once asked a gifted student to bring me a setting of the Kyrie . |
| 4 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 5 | ‘ How kind of you to bring me a Christmas pudding ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 6 | I asked him to bring me a sandwich and a glass of wine , and still went on reading Jane Eyre . |
| 7 | The lady used to bring me a bag of hand knitting balls , which she had weighed . |
| 8 | Fear not , honoured woman , said he ; you are but lately arrived , and they come to bring you a present , which shall help marry your daughters . |
| 9 | Head and Tennis World have teamed up to bring you a competition to win tennis competition used by some of the world 's top tennis players . |
| 10 | ‘ Mrs Porter 's going to bring you a tomato juice . ’ |
| 11 | We interrupt this presidency to bring you a newsflash . |
| 12 | " I really came to bring you a telegram , " Maurice said . |
| 13 | Her owner rushed to bring her a bucket of oats before she should become entangled in the fence once again . |
| 14 | He had n't come here to bring her a birthday present ! |
| 15 | The fact that it all seems to come so pat : on top of the row with Viola , just after the publication of the book , just when the second book was going to bring her a lot of money . |
| 16 | Toby was persuading a buxom young waitress to bring him a bottle of champagne from the supper room . |
| 17 | His host had darted across the room presumably to bring him a drink and as he looked around he saw other doors , other lights — so this spectacle which did not shock him nor dismay him but which he did not wish to be a part of , might not be the only play . |
| 18 | Deb always asks him to bring us a Grosche back |
| 19 | Suppose we honestly believe that some treatment is unlikely to bring us a benefit that makes worthwhile the pain or distress involved , we have every right to refuse it . |
| 20 | When we 're touring outside Britain and the management or record company come out to see us , they have to bring us a copy of the NME , otherwise we moan like f— |