Example sentences of "brought all " in BNC.

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1 On a good day the climate in LA is close to perfection : it is possible to understand what brought all these millions to a vast , waterless , resourceless basin , between the mountains , the desert and the sea .
2 The life they had come to know so well for so long as it slipped by changelessly would be irrevocably altered : it was like a death or a wounding and brought all the wonder and fear and awe of change .
3 When the borough treasurers went on holiday , say City folk , so did the money brokers who brought all this business to the banks .
4 In the middle of the month George Thomas , the Speaker , brought all the Cabinet together for dinner .
5 She feasted on larks ’ tongues and sturgeons ' eggs and fruits brought all the way by sea from St Thomas .
6 What brought all this on was driving from Berlin to Leipzig and back .
7 One glimpse brought all his prejudices bubbling up from their hidden depths .
8 Since the thrice-weekly visit of the ferry brought all the island 's mail and supplies , and the post office was very small , the place was crowded , and the postmistress , busily sorting through a pile of mail and newspapers , while exchanging two days ' news in Gaelic with the ferry 's master , had no glance to spare for me .
9 Deprived of other outlets they brought all their compressed energy to bear on the world of literature and ideas .
10 In a barter economy the collection of taxes and distribution of goods by royal officials brought all state functions under the king 's control .
11 He brought all his power to bear to force the women of his household to reveal these secrets .
12 Once , they exploded with a sound so terrifying that it brought all of us below instantly out on to the rain-drenched deck .
13 ‘ Do you mean you brought all those up too ?
14 Well I brought all the tablets along .
15 But I liked er general work , it , it brought all sorts of things in .
16 Yeah well we had , we had to abandon that , we brou we brought all our Employment Officers in on a Friday , erm and we just could n't staff the office the rest of the week you see
17 But there was a one day in which Frenchie Nick Nicholson erm brought all the tail-enders across and had been told the one thing he should n't do was be last he was thinking I 'm not last and behind you then he came in in front of him and he was last .
18 ‘ Something that brought all the old resentment and tension and violent feelings back to the surface . ’
19 The call brought all three heads round , both men grinned , and Travis climbed to his feet as a young and visibly pregnant redhead came into view .
20 Former Sunderland striker Billy Hughes , who played in the 1973 Cup winning team and is now steward at Stressholme Golf Club , Darlington , said : ‘ It brought all the memories flooding back .
21 It brought all the agonies of doubt and self-criticism which we can too easily forget .
22 Oh you brought all your work with you ?
23 I think it 's best if you go Alan so he said well shall we ask the children what they think , so he brought all the kids down
24 No he was good yesterday though at the pictures , we took them out and they were like really good , we brought all the cartons home did n't we ?
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