Example sentences of "bring [pers pn] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 2 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 4 | Clench your fists and bring them up to shoulder height , knuckles upward , elbows at your sides . |
| 5 | She does n't avoid the painful issues that divide us — but , as few writers can , she makes us laugh at them and bring them down to size . |
| 6 | He kissed her wet lips , warmly , tenderly , bringing them back to life , and she was lost in her love for him and his for her and she really did n't care if they never talked again . |
| 7 | When they were n't running across it , cheered on by the headmaster , they were snipping bits off it and bringing them back to school to put in jars . |
| 8 | I feel I am at last in the hands of someone who will bring me back to health , to life . |
| 9 | I feel I shall at last be in the hands of someone who will bring me back to health , to life . |
| 10 | However , the handover of powers brought the institutions that had evolved from the old workhouses into the hands of authorities that could more effectively bring them up to date . |
| 11 | No , Chief has n't set any questions , erm , the other change to this has been to remove the fire 's special interest and we 've put in as a separate paper , so that we can bring them up to date . |
| 12 | ‘ Shall I bring them down to Water Gypsy this evening , or will you come up to Chimneys to see them ? ’ |
| 13 | Thousands of students , particularly from Beijing , were sent to undertake ‘ social practice ’ during the summer vacation in the hope that contact With ‘ real life ’ would bring them down to earth and give them a more realistic assessment of society . |
| 14 | ‘ Now , I better bring you up to date a bit . |
| 15 | We 'll bring you up to date at 5.40pm . |
| 16 | I 'd better bring you up to date on what 's been happening since I saw you . ’ |
| 17 | Give Ellis a ring before lunch-time and he 'll bring you up to date . |
| 18 | We 'll bring you up to date on the situation later in the programme . |
| 19 | Er , at some time during the course of tomorrow morning , I 'll try and bring you up to date as to where we are in terms of the items that have fell off the agenda so far . |
| 20 | Ah Lou Christie there and Lightning Strikes , B B C Radio Nottingham Sport Special , twenty three minutes after eight o'clock er let me just bring you up to date with the latest scores up and down the country . |
| 21 | Deardrie , how do I bring him back to reality ? |
| 22 | No , no it would just bring it up to date , the stuff we have n't accrued . |
| 23 | A woman may convince herself that if she holds on , is patient , and tries to change things , she can bring it back to life . |
| 24 | They have no relevance to the story , but do bring us up to date and give the all-important illusion of gravitas which accompanies everything Branagh does . |
| 25 | Undoubtedly , the Under-Secretary of State will bring us up to date on that . |
| 26 | And do n't worry : Masha will bring us back to earth tonight . |
| 27 | Erm well perhaps before I answer that question Mr Chairman , I could just briefly skim across the programme and bring you up to date as to where we are and then we 'll go directly on to that point . |
| 28 | Now this is where you go to the branch , and the branch management team stand up and bring you up to date with everything that 's happening in the company with product changes , legislation changes , yes , some of it 's boring , but it 's information you 've got to have . |
| 29 | Then shower — ‘ Acqua Fredda ’ , cold spray to tone and give elasticity to the skin and bring you down to earth . |
| 30 | I 'm just bringing you up to date really , they 've actually er resisted quite violently towards the reacted quite violently towards the erm price increase and er we 've erm just sent them back , Peter 's just writing a letter so there 'll be a letter coming in |