Example sentences of "and bring in the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The South-West , who beat London last year , have made a total of three changes , choosing the Plymouth wing Steve Walklin instead of Peter Blackett of Bath , and bringing in the Bath lock Nigel Redman in place of his club-mate John Morrison . |
2 | That was when they first changed over from seamed stockings to seamless ones and started laying off the skilled knitters and bringing in the women . |
3 | Some children were sent to widowed grandmothers to live with them for company , or just sleep a few nights , like the seaman 's daughter on the Western Isles who , when all the men were away at the fishing , ‘ used to sleep with granny … bringing the water from the well and bringing in the peat , tidying up the floor and singing songs , for granny she was a very musical lady , yes she was . ’ |
4 | We need to concentrate on the FA cup , getting a deceent run will give the players some confidence and bring in the money as well as keeping us fans happy ( well relatively speaking ) . |
5 | We need to concentrate on the FA cup , getting a deceent run will give the players some confidence and bring in the money as well as keeping us fans happy ( well relatively speaking ) . |
6 | And bring in the outriders . ’ |
7 | No more than forty-nine names on a paper , or the Deputy-Lieutenants will infer a gathering of illegal size and bring in the soldiers under the Riot Act . |
8 | Ellie had barely started her own meal , but now she and Patsy had to get up , as was their required duty , to collect all the dirty crockery and bring in the pudding . |
9 | ‘ I will write a novel about the Empire [ Du Camp reports him saying ] and bring in the evening receptions at Compiègne , with all the ambassadors , marshals and senators rattling their decorations as they bend to the ground to kiss the hand of the Prince Imperial . |
10 | Faced with the mounting cost of a war against the American colonies , the coalition government in Westminster had instituted a punitive and highly unpopular tax by the Stamp Act of October 1783 : all registrations of baptisms , marriages and burials would be charged at 3d. a time — and so there was every incentive for local clergy , working on 10 per cent commission , to get around the parish and bring in the strays . |
11 | Light the Christmas candle and bring in the nativity scene , with perhaps everyone sharing in setting it up . |
12 | " On this occasion , the government suspended negotiations and brought in the troops . |