Example sentences of "[noun sg] to bring [pers pn] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if waiting for a command to bring them to life , Trent thought . |
| 2 | Weaver birds reared in an incubator still manage to weave when they become adult , so clearly the basic skill is inherited , but it nonetheless requires practice to bring it to perfection and at first young male weavers may make comically ham-fisted versions — nests that are insecurely tied and fall off , others that are unevenly woven with some strips pulled tight and others left slack so that the result is misshapen . |
| 3 | He added : ‘ I know the RUC rightly go after all killers with equal determination to bring them to justice , regardless of any circumstance , and they never give up . |
| 4 | ‘ I share those feelings to the utmost and I know the RUC rightly go after all killers with equal determination to bring them to justice regardless of any circumstances and they never give up . ’ |
| 5 | I remember your determination to bring him to Spain with you . ’ |
| 6 | While her body , like a desert longing for rain to bring it to life , switched to hold and waited for him to fulfil his promise of delight . |
| 7 | She was surprised to find it rising for the third time , but though it hardened she knew it would take an age to bring it to orgasm . |
| 8 | It is through suffering that we learn obedience and trust , and God , in his wisdom , will lead us through stages of growth that feel like anything but growth to bring us to Christ-likeness . |
| 9 | The rain returned in earnest and , for all the skill and craft of Valdo , Alemao and the rest , the evening desperately needed an explosion from Careca or Romario near goal to bring it to life . |
| 10 | The Supreme Court ruled on June 15 that the US government could legally abduct people from foreign countries in order to bring them to trial in the USA . |
| 11 | The kitchen , which Mungo had only ever seen full of people , seemed incomplete ; waiting for human activity to bring it to life . |
| 12 | The world may be shriveling around you but you are doing your bit to bring it to life again . |
| 13 | Instead it plays with the ‘ death of reading ’ , for novels have always relied on the reader to bring them to life . |