Example sentences of "[vb past] brought [adv prt] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth had brought up a couple of hot bricks wrapped in pieces of blanket , which she popped into bed at each side of him . |
| 2 | Jane was no great cook , and did n't even enjoy it , but she had brought up a family of four , so quickly got her bearings in the kitchen , which was off the main circular room . |
| 3 | Today we can talk about sex without modesty or fear , but bring up the subject of death and you will be treated with the same social horror as if you had brought up the subject of masturbation at a Victorian ladies ' tea party . |
| 4 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 5 | And Melanie 's aunt might be important if Loretta was going to pursue this line of inquiry : presumably it was she who had brought up the girl after her parents ' death in the plane crash . |
| 6 | She remembered that Aycliffe had brought up the matter of clothes , that Benedict himself had scolded her for her nip-cheese ways . |
| 7 | The new congress did lack consequential leaders and congressional reform and the further weakening of political parties had brought about a variety of undesirable developments . |
| 8 | Second , there was the threat of a repeat performance of 1979 , when the evaporation of 5 per cent of crude oil availability had brought about a doubling of prices . |
| 9 | She suddenly felt totally drained ; relief at getting home again had brought about a release of all her emotions . |
| 10 | In 1688 – 9 a number of radical Whigs took the line that James 's flight had brought about a dissolution of the kingship and a suspension of the constitution , and therefore the people ( through their representatives in the Convention ) were free to restructure the constitution as they thought fit . |
| 11 | Public disapproval had brought about the resignation of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party 's corrupt kingmaker , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 12 | A delegation travelled to Lisbon to present their case ; FLEC-Renewal president José Tiburcio Luemba called on Portugal to revise the agreements which had brought about the independence of Angola in 1975 , and said that his movement would carry on an armed struggle until independence for Cabinda had been achieved . |
| 13 | The chronicler William of Newburgh was disposed to believe that King Sverre of Norway had brought about the destruction of King Magnus 's fleet in 1186 by invoking the Devil . |
| 14 | In the event , the coup discredited the draft treaty and led to a series of declarations of republican independence which , by the end of the year , had brought about the demise of the USSR as such . |
| 15 | The children had brought in a number of dead barn owls , so there was already a bit interest . |
| 16 | Arnold Bloxham , a well known hypnotist living in South Wales , had brought out a book in which he discussed how some of his " patients " had been taken back , in their trance , to previous experiences in their life . |
| 17 | The moisture had made his hair curl even more , and had brought out the hardiness of his complexion . |
| 18 | In the diary covering the last four years of his life there is little mention of books , but he had brought out an edition of Aristophanes ' ‘ Plutus ’ and ‘ Clouds ’ in 1767 . |
| 19 | Defections from the former ruling Janata Dal ( JD ) to form the JD(S) had brought down the government of V. P. Singh in November 1990 , and led to the appointment of the JD(S) leader Chandra Shekhar as Prime Minister heading a minority government [ see pp. 37854-55 ] . |
| 20 | We had brought down the President of France . |
| 21 | Then there was the news that El Daba airfield was not being used , though Jellicoe had brought back a couple of German prisoners who freely volunteered the information that this was the most important of their forward airfields . |
| 22 | Her first sight of a submarine had brought back the pain of Gerry 's death and she 'd had to tell herself that those in the loch were ours , so they could n't be all that bad . |