Example sentences of "and bring [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 But , George is off Monday and Tuesday but so if you were getting them , sitting here and bringing them up on Thursday John can come here and get his tea here and then take them home .
2 Fortunately Chief Petty Officer Richard Saunders RN , my husband 's father , had taught him very early how to box the compass and he was able to bring her north of Scotland , round our north eastern seaboard and bring her in to Chatham dockyard for paying-off .
3 The same undertaker as had handled the disposal of Jacob 's body would collect the coffins and bring them back to Suffolk .
4 In 1686 the English envoy to the States General , Bevil Skelton [ q.v. ] , and some of James II 's army officers attempted to kidnap Peyton and bring him back to England , but failed , and the affair caused a diplomatic incident .
5 Somehow we kept the ship afloat and brought her back to Liverpool on our own , which was a bit hair raising .
6 Things happened as they must have happened , only in fact it was Rufus who had picked her up and brought her back to Wyvis Hall .
7 ‘ He was about 25 miles offshore when he approached the fishing boat and the crew was so alarmed at his ignorance they radioed coastguards and brought him back to Falmouth , ’ Mr Taylor said .
8 She got up and picked up the frame and brought it over to Meredith .
9 He raised his hard little hand and brought it down on Jack 's resoundingly .
10 The small man hefted the shaft over his head and brought it down on Keith with the full force that his frame could muster .
11 The so-called Columbian school maintain that syphilis was endemic to North America and that members of the crew of Columbus 's first expedition acquired the infection and brought it back to Barcelona in 1493 .
12 He collected Circaea alpina in a wood near the Hague and brought it back to England , together with Parietaria officinalis and Centaurea augustifolia .
13 During the Russian Revolution Alfred loaded the clock on to a cart and brought it back to England .
14 Very taken with the boat , and with the help of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board , Mr Nelson bought the ton vessel and brought it back to Donaghadee .
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