Example sentences of "he [vb past] bring [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many may have felt betrayed , but there is little to suggest that MacDonald was any the less of a socialist than others , nor is there hard evidence to suggest that he schemed to bring about the collapse of the Labour government . |
| 2 | ‘ Ca n't be done , ’ she said , feeling shamed by the look of despair on his face , and worse still as he fought to bring back the blankness to cover it . |
| 3 | Bigwig he asked to bring up the rear . |
| 4 | He stood smiling , licking his own with relish , and wiping the ends of his moustaches where the ice dung to them , and you and Lucia , befuddled from your interrupted sleep echoed his gurgles and grunts of pleasure at the taste ; he 'd brought back a tub , filled with a variety of ice creams : ‘ A macedonia ! ’ he 'd call out , a fruit salad of ices . |
| 5 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
| 6 | But when he came into the picture it had been cast and the script had been done , and he did bring about a lot of changes . |
| 7 | He was sorry that he had brought up the subject and hastily departed for his shower , shouting that he would tell her while he was dressing . |
| 8 | For some reason these thoughts of Emily sent her memory shooting back to the previous Friday in Vass 's office when he had brought up the subject of the new crèche and she had somehow ended up , almost aggressively , informing him that it was not her intention , ever , to remarry . |
| 9 | He had brought in a small bottle of liquid . |
| 10 | Early on , working in tandem with John Higgs , he had brought in the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group and the Nature Conservancy Council to look at all the farms on the estate to make sure they were farming with conservation in mind . |
| 11 | Between June 3 and June 6 Teddy Taylor , a United Kingdom Conservative MP , informed the UK Foreign Office that he had met with Col. Moamer al Kadhafi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim Bishara on a recent visit to Libya ; he had brought back a " package of proposals " for restoring relations between the two countries , and a £250,000 cheque for a UK police charity from the Libyan police union . |
| 12 | In the diary covering the last four years of his life there is little mention of books , but he had brought out an edition of Aristophanes ' ‘ Plutus ’ and ‘ Clouds ’ in 1767 . |
| 13 | He wanted to bring up the Catholic , as well , with Jessica . |