Example sentences of "[noun prp] bringing [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The line of boys and masters — Hasan and Rafiq bringing up the rear — made its way through pools of water and patches of sodden black earth , across the cinder track leading up towards the Windmill , and to the chestnut-trees , now almost empty of leaves , that shadow the edge of parkside . |
| 2 | Both the Confederation of British Industry/Business Strategies report into consumer confidence and the Trade Indemnity investigation into business failures show Scotland bringing up the rear if , as expected , the economy moves out of recession in 1993 . |
| 3 | They moved forward , Joseph Ritter bringing up the rear , Hay and Vass either side of Johnson 's bridle , the great man clearly frightened . |
| 4 | A Major and a Captain hurriedly came on the scene , Lieutenant Keith bringing up the rear . |
| 5 | They had travelled no more than a few hundred yards — the Kurd leading , Miss Logan bringing up the rear — and were crossing a patch of rough scree , a descent more tiring than dangerous , when Miss Fergusson fell . |
| 6 | They were followed by another couple , David and Patricia North , with Frank Sinatra bringing up the rear . |