Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] to bring the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When visitors arrived at my house , I used to bring the coaches and horses inside , and put them carefully on my table . |
| 2 | She apparently told her , contrary to the impression given in the former interview covered by Document B , that she never condoned her daughter 's going away — which she referred to rather dramatically as a ‘ kidnap ’ — that she did everything she could to bring the matter to the authorities at the time , but ‘ was prevented ’ , that she had certainly never agreed to her daughter living with her brother , that her daughter 's health had suffered alarmingly , and that she never told any social worker that she had agreed . |
| 3 | and we used to bring the calf up . |
| 4 | We 'll be doing all we can to bring the fight here . |
| 5 | We 'll be doing all we can to bring the fight here . |
| 6 | We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ wrote Lt Col Stewart . |
| 7 | ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found , ’ concluded Lt Col Stewart 's statement . |
| 8 | Lt Col Stewart 's statement concluded : ‘ We must do whatever we can to bring the murderer to justice , although realistically I do not think he will ever be found . ’ |
| 9 | Great praise has been given to Mr. Baker , the United States Secretary of State , for arranging that conference and so fulfilling the commitment that he gave at the time of the Gulf war , when he said that he and President Bush would do all that they could to bring the parties to the negotiating table . |
| 10 | Er well I was in the time office in the first place , the men used to er cl check in , they used to bring the checks you see ? brass checks , numbered . |
| 11 | And then he used to bring the knife , there was a knife going like that , a big knife , One about four foot . |
| 12 | ‘ There was an old man — his wife used to take in washing ( laundry they call it now ) ; and he used to bring the washing home to his wife and take it out again . |