Example sentences of "bring i [prep] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Apart from learning more about my own language , the eloquent richness of the Queen 's English and the previously undiscovered interest I had in teaching , my job brought me into close contact with real Spanish people . |
3 | Lewis says his love for his mother Vi will keep him out of trouble , declaring : ‘ She brought me into this world and I consider myself a mother 's boy — I owe it all to her . |
4 | I mention this because it brought me into favoured touch with the Commanding Officer for Wales , and through him I was able to gain admittance for Richard to Exeter College , Oxford , for six months prior to his joining the Royal Air Force , a privilege granted to very few cadets . |
5 | It was the issue that first brought me into active politics as long ago as 1964 . |
6 | It was the young lady who now spoke : ‘ You wo n't remember , of course , I scarcely do , but years ago my grandfather brought me to this shop , and it was at Christmas time too . |
7 | ‘ Which brings me to this report which has reached me from Vargas in London via his cousin here in Berlin , the man Rivera . ’ |
8 | Which brings me to another point ; looking at the frets after only minimal use there 's already evidence of some scoring and scratching , so their life expectancy seems rather suspect . |
9 | That brings me onto another point which is made in the panel 's submission that people have talked all the time about the limits of traffic management on the A sixty one as if the objective of traffic management was to get through Harrogate quicker . |