Example sentences of "bring [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hasty note , the spluttering pen , the exasperated correction , the careful clerkly hand , the grandiloquent flourish , the obsequious subscription , the torn seal , the glint of sand still held in the writing from the hand that strewed it centuries ago — all these and much else bring me into close company with the past , more than the rooms in which men sat , the streets they walked , the clothes they wore or the trinkets that adorned them . |
| 2 | Also , this nomadic existence was bringing them into potential conflict with several different tax jurisdictions . |
| 3 | Hilary Armstrong , one of the party 's education spokesmen , yesterday said a Labour government would dismantle the City Technology Colleges , bringing them under local authority control . |
| 4 | When they participated in the market economy , they were usually confined to menial positions , many of which did not bring them into much contact with men . |
| 5 | The Home Office guidelines on the work of a Special Branch are published in the Select Committee Report of 1985 , from which it will be seen how protest by individuals and groups might bring them to Special Branch attention : |
| 6 | The eventual extension of the index to include outposted files would bring them under closer scrutiny and control , and , although a degree of consistency would be achieved by revising the file references to the level recommended by the Working Party , branch officers would still retain considerable discretion to organise their files in a manner that suited their particular needs . |
| 7 | You can bring them in this afternoon and fill them in here . |
| 8 | When did they bring you to this prison ? ’ |
| 9 | By the late 1880s , however , Japan had growing interests in mainland Asia , and there was a danger that Japan 's attempts to assert herself in Korea and in Manchuria would bring her into direct confrontation with the expanding Russian empire . |
| 10 | ‘ Why not bring her to next week 's fashion show and introduce her to me ? ’ he suggested . |
| 11 | If they were subsequently found to have an affected son , the apparent failure of the programme would bring it into unjustified disrepute . |
| 12 | Ragusa was able , however , to develop its overland trade with the Balkan hinterland , as this activity did not bring it into direct competition with the seaborne trade of Venice . |
| 13 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 14 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 15 | one of our serious of the year , we should er extend that debate er we could extend as late perhaps half past one for lunch or we could bring it to half way between half past one , so the feeling in respect of that |
| 16 | Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps we can bring it in next year , ’ said the head . |
| 18 | I can bring it in next week and play it really loud to the whole class I shall say this is Sarah and Dee where 's Tina Turner then . |
| 19 | I got a bit left over from when I cut it I 'll just bring it in this bit , there . |
| 20 | I said I 'd bring it in this week . |
| 21 | well I was gon na bring it in this morning that 's why I was late this morning . |
| 22 | Why does the Lord bring us into this land , to fall by the sword ? ’ |
| 23 | They do not repeat : ’ Do not bring us to the test , but save us from the evil one ’ , or , ’ Do not bring us to hard testing . ’ |
| 24 | I 'll bring us in some coffee . ’ |
| 25 | That the Romans had " abandoned the disciplined , frugal and stern manner of life that had brought them to such greatness , and fell into the pernicious pursuit of luxury and licence " ( 37.2. 1 ) was , in the same perspective , seen as the primary cause of the Social War . |
| 26 | For the first time in her life she faced the truth of her past , clear-eyed as her formidable father 's daughter ought to be , devoid of pride and love of self , and inspected what had brought her to this pass . |
| 27 | Everything was peaceful — everything but the man who 'd brought her to this place . |
| 28 | Nor am I. ’ She was restless , moving uneasily about the hut as once before , curious but preoccupied , and slow to come to what had brought her on this errand . |
| 29 | In Galway itself , the scenes and actions of the past few years had brought him to early maturity as a willing recruit for the politics of the street fight . |
| 30 | The press scoffed at his walks in the Kalahari Desert , at his fascination with lost and ancient tribes ; but experiences like that , plus a lifetime of travelling all over the world , seeing underdeveloped and overdeveloped countries and every kind of political regime , has brought him to this viewpoint . |