Example sentences of "[pron] brought [pers pn] [adv prt] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the sound of a dull thud from the direction of the bedroom which brought her down to earth with shattering finality , icing her blood , freezing her to the spot . |
| 2 | She brought him up to date with what had happened . |
| 3 | In a way , she brought him down to earth . |
| 4 | The years of his longest sentence , from 1979 to 1983 ( incurred for setting up , in admiring imitation of the Polish KOR , a Czech Committee to Defend the Unjustly Prosecuted ) were punctuated by other , sometimes painfully absurd episodes : for example the day the Interior Ministry 's men relented sufficiently to allow him to attend his father 's funeral , and then inadvertently let him be surrounded by a tight scrum of friends who brought him up to date with all the latest political news . |
| 5 | ‘ It was because you brought me back to life . |
| 6 | ‘ In that case it would be better if you brought us up to date with what 's been happening first . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |