Example sentences of "brought [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The royal patronage lavished on them , at a time of general distress caused by famine and Scottish attacks , brought them the enmity of Thomas , Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] , |
| 2 | The Hatherley ball to raise money for a hospice charity had become an important even ; in Gloucestershire because Ayling did what people craved on such occasions : he brought them the rich and famous whom they usually saw only on their television screens or in their newspapers . |
| 3 | Identification with the masses brought them the people 's problems — tuberculosis , malnutrition , diarrhoea and dehydration . |
| 4 | And soon the telltale night wind , whispering through the trees , brought them the information they sought . |
| 5 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 6 | And it was she who brought me the first evening paper . |
| 7 | Then good fortune brought me the very man that I needed . |
| 8 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 9 | ‘ He brought me the proof which confirmed my suspicions , but I do n't know how to act . |
| 10 | I would accept that since I saw a report only the other day about such a case ( the funeral director involved had a son in my class who brought me the file ) the embalmer had used 8 oz per 80 oz of a very good fluid , but had not put in any co or pre injection fluids and did not mix any other fluids , and he put in 4 × 80 oz bottles . |
| 11 | and this year they brought me the wireless and cassette |
| 12 | They brought me the news back from Worcester . |
| 13 | I brought yer the letter , and I offered to catch this thievin' 'aybag for yer , but I ai n't partial to firearms — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I brought you the best of what was left , ’ Simon went on . |
| 15 | A STRANGE silence from the Government — the people who brought you the Spycatcher saga — as a book goes into print , giving the inside story of security activities and assorted hanky-panky in Northern Ireland . |
| 16 | Five talented misfits from Camden form a band playing the most ridiculed form of music in the world , are picked up by the chief of the record label that brought you the Manic Street Preachers — and ZAP ! country is sincerely rehabilitated . |
| 17 | When I saw the opportunity to strengthen my own position and lay claim to that which rightfully belonged to me , I brought you the papers , and , being the trusting fellow you are , you made no bones about signing them . |
| 18 | ‘ We brought you the food . |
| 19 | But serious or lighthearted Central News always brought you the offbeat , like the catfish who loved to be fed by hand . |
| 20 | One of the accusations used and levelled against er against Christianity against the , the evangelical message , against things like the , the mission of Graham and , and others is that it , it does n't meet the needs the , the material needs of people but if you deal with the persons spiritual needs , if their sins are forgiven , those problems that are causing the material problem , it 's amazing how there are dealt with as well , the best way to sober up a person , the best way to deal with a person who 's an alcoholic , the best way to deal with a person who is a drug addict , the best way to deal with a person who , who commits adultery is not by telling them the wrongs of those things , it 's not by trying to , to , to do , to , to , you know , to , to counsel them it 's presenting the gospel allowing Jesus Christ to come into their lives and to forgive them , that will make the person sober quicker than all the counselling in the world and Paul says I brought you the most important the fundamental thing , that Christ died for our sins Paul again when he 's writing to the Romans in chapter five and verse eight he says but God demonstrates his own love towards us , in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us so God did in Jesus Christ what we could n't do for ourselves , so all of you have sin , so all of my sin , and he came and he died on the cross and as he was dying there was that transmit there , for he was n't dying for his own sin buy he was dying for your sin and for mine , it was all piled on him and so when we except what Christ has done , when we come to that place and yes I believe that you died for me , |
| 21 | working on the stage musicals then were n't er if you 'd not had your tea and you brought something the commissar would eat them . |
| 22 | In fact , he was fishing on a fiord nearby at the precise moment when his detective brought him the news that Lord Mountbatten had been killed . |
| 23 | On the strength of this scanty victory ( 23,000 votes , i.e. 28 per cent of the total number cast ) this largely unknown candidate was now treated by the media as ‘ the front runner ’ and ‘ the man to beat ’ , allowing him to gather the momentum that finally brought him the Democratic nomination . |
| 24 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 25 | She checked herself so as not to rush and then advanced over-slowly , first took up the bottle of rum , poured a glass , then picked up a guinea , seemed , he thought ( and smiled ) to test it , pocketed it , brought him the rum . |
| 26 | Funnily enough , it was one of my nephews brought him the message — Josh 's eldest boy , Jimmy . |
| 27 | Indeed , it was a precocious interest in Wealden fossils that led to the assembly of a large and valuable collection that was donated in 1884 to the newly opened Natural History Museum in South Kensington , and which gained him not only the title of honorary collector for the museum but also brought him the coveted fellowship of the London Geological Society at the age of twenty-one . |
| 28 | Carleton built up a sizeable estate in the eastern and midland counties , partly by inheritance , partly through the second of his three marriages , to Elizabeth Mohun , a Northamptonshire widow who brought him the manor of Overstone , where he mostly resided . |
| 29 | In 1861 Crookes made the discovery which brought him the necessary eminence ; he identified the new element thallium . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're your own master , ’ said Aelis tossing her head , and brought him the end of a loaf , and cheese , and milk to drink , and watched him sidelong , not without satisfaction , as he devoured his meal . |