Example sentences of "bring [adv prt] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He proposes that males developed bipedalism so that they could go out and bring back food for the females . |
| 2 | Nothing short of a pathetic performance by Leeds could bring about victory for the makems . |
| 3 | Pamela Vandyke Price 's Tutored Wine Tasting , arranged by Miranda Villiers and her colleagues in teh London Regional Group , brought in £300 for the Endowment Appeal and changed many people 's views on sparkling wines . |
| 4 | A few months later , in the White Paper on adult offenders , the Home Office brought out proposals for the abolition of the special sentences of corrective training and preventive detention , and for the release of prisoners on parole , without making any mention of the Commission . |
| 5 | She looked at Tommaso Talvi in her mind 's eye , she adjusted her image of him to fit with her sister 's , she inventoried his features , beginning with the eyes , and redrafted them in order to see them as ‘ pretty ’ , she scanned his caffelatte pallor and his big hands , grasping the bread she had cut for him , she looked at his mouth , the purplish fullness of his lips and the strong teeth that showed when he grinned , as he had done , often , but without laughter , when the men were disagreeing about the possibilities of change , the chances of the election on returning the Socialists , of bringing about improvements for the labourers now that the franchise had at last been widened to include some people who were n't bosses , like her father , a music teacher with a sense of honour , of justice . |
| 6 | They were asked to bring along prizes for the Tories ' Winter Ball , with the value of gifts reaching £5,000 . |
| 7 | While Greg was living up at the farm she forgot to bring down milk for the cat . |
| 8 | It seems that in this respect the governors themselves considered the appraisal principally from the point of view of trying to bring about improvements for the school . |