Example sentences of "bring [pers pn] to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 2 | Pain , boredom and badgering of some very kind nurses bring me to a steam-age typewriter in the hospital 's occupational therapy department . |
| 3 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 4 | Kings led them into battle for the land ( e.g. 2 Kings 8 ) and prophets pointed them to a righteousness that would bring them to a new highway , a land where mountains would be levelled , rough places smoothed ( Is. 40.4 ) , and the Prince of Peace would establish his kingdom . |
| 5 | Jesus our pioneer restores all things and will bring them to a glorious fulfilment . |
| 6 | Faintly disappointed , she emptied her lungs and resumed the walk which would bring her to the main gate . |
| 7 | Clearly Parliament would last its full five years and the Government could not bring it to a premature end . |
| 8 | The output from the feedforward control is intended to provide the motor with just the extra push which will bring it to the required setting . |
| 9 | This bring you to the main designing screen . |
| 10 | And it was indescribably eerie — so that I almost began to wonder if Posi had brought me to the right planet . |
| 11 | Would Eve be furious if Mother Francis heard the whole story of the lies , the unhappiness and the circumstances that had brought her to the other side of the city and now into a hospital bed ? |
| 12 | Russian , ultimately , has brought us to a similar endeavour . |
| 13 | She was not watching the uneven cobbled ground beneath her racing feet , and an unexpectedly large stone tripped her progress , bringing her to a stumbling halt . |
| 14 | But in the same split second something like an iron band clamped round his waist , squeezing the breath from him and bringing him to a dead stop . |
| 15 | A lift up to the Llanberris path and a hot and sweaty flog in competition with another party — evidently intent on the same prize — brought them to the brooding llyn and awesome amphitheatre of Arddu . |
| 16 | Dolly 's voice brought them to an abrupt halt . |
| 17 | The gate porter brought me to the main entrance , and I was shown into a small pleasant office in the front of the administrative block . |
| 18 | At the end of the path another kissing gate brought you to the rough farm lane running past Milford House , owned by the Ware family , the Salisbury leather magnates . |
| 19 | She performed her task so well that it was twenty minutes before she brought him to a thundering climax . |
| 20 | They bound Guthlac ‘ in all his limbs … and brought him to the black fen , and threw and sank him in the muddy waters ’ . |
| 21 | That 's what brought him to the Sleek Physique club in Didcot at the weekend — together with a legion of fans . |
| 22 | VISION OF LIVELINESS : This is the Big Cat that purred along at ninety yesterday … until John brought her to a shuddering halt by blowing up the engine |
| 23 | It brought her to an abrupt halt on legs that felt suddenly weak , and several small gasps of dismay escaped her . |
| 24 | She thanked the driver , lifted the latch of the low iron gate and took four steps that brought her to the front door . |
| 25 | Two hours ' climbing brought us to the narrow ledge from which one entered Antony 's cave through a cleft in the cliff-face . |
| 26 | A short walk along the coastline past the few prettily painted small hotels brought us to the gorgeous bay lined with palm trees which we shared with the numerous shy crabs which intermittently popped out of the holes in the white sand . |
| 27 | A security cordon was thrown round Oxford City Centre bringing it to a virtual halt as police evacuated thousands of shopperss , workers from offices and college students . |
| 28 | It ends : ‘ Will the tight budget bring us to a grinding halt ? |
| 29 | The texts of Roman law bring us to the intriguing conclusion that by late classical times the only person who acquired property under trust and with it an unassailable title was the bona fide purchaser for value without notice . |
| 30 | Then he organised a coach to bring them to a new life in Britain . |