Example sentences of "[noun sg] brought [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elsewhere there are Breughels ; walls covered with Delft tiles ; a medieval belfry with 366 steps from which you can gaze down on the town 's steep , red tiled roofs ; holy blood brought back from the crusades . |
| 2 | The big oak table was laid in the hall , and quantities of Portugal wine brought up from the souterrain . |
| 3 | A jug of icy water brought up from the yard was splashed on to her , from as great a height as we could manage . |
| 4 | To the left of them , a conch shell brought back from the Indian Ocean curled mysteriously in on itself , like the pink and white entrance to another world . |
| 5 | ‘ The last lodgement , that is the money Butler brought back from the States , brought the amount up to five thousand pounds . |
| 6 | He had witnessed the girl 's suffering and had analysed the fluid brought up from the stomach — it had all the appearances of urine — colour , taste , smell and consistency . |