Example sentences of "to bring [pers pn] under [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of fires were reported to be burning , and in many cases firefighters were attacked while attempting to bring them under control . |
| 2 | After martial law had failed to bring them under control , there came a last military experiment with the designation of General Azhari to succeed Sharif-Emami . |
| 3 | At first glance it appears that Braudel has merely hit on a convenient fashion of dividing up the past , to bring it under control and make it easier for historians to encompass . |
| 4 | Alison noticed the momentary tension , but he seemed to bring it under control pretty quickly . |
| 5 | Pascoe 's mind was racing so fast he had to make an effort of will to bring it under control . |
| 6 | The universal element here is that human beings use their resources of language and technology to simplify the world of experience so as to bring it under control . |
| 7 | It took them three hours to bring it under control . |
| 8 | It took around fifty officers two hours to bring it under control . |
| 9 | It took a hundred firefighters more than four hours to bring it under control . |
| 10 | We managed to bring it under control thanks to some courageous action by staff . |