Example sentences of "bring on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ he said finally , helping her to walk with Matey 's assistance , ‘ I have heard of the ladies ’ sewing circle accused of many things , but never of bringing on a swoon . |
| 2 | Dadda only smoked when he was contented and then he would get through forty or fifty a day , bringing on a cough and staining his fingers yellow-brown . |
| 3 | The sensor will react instantaneously to body heat and bring on a light outside your home whenever anyone approaches . |
| 4 | At half time you can change your tactics and bring on a substitute . |
| 5 | He said he had taken Kurlovich to Barcelona aware of the positive test and fearful disclosure might bring on a dope scandal similar to the Bulgarian one which shook the 1988 Games . |
| 6 | For many people , the mere fact of entering a Home can bring on a bout of incontinence . |
| 7 | However , these two activites tend to be associated with addictions and personality difficulties in the patient and to require them to give up these things can often be counterproductive , since compliance may well bring on a withdrawal syndrome , and failure can lead to anxiety and guilt . |
| 8 | While the formation of this ugly , bumpy skin condition is closely related to the hormonal system , which is in turn adversely affected by stress , Danielle maintains that ‘ nervousness , tension , frustration , shock , anger and so forth can all bring on a cellulite condition . |
| 9 | The news that she was married , and the awful fear he had experienced , brought on a fever . |
| 10 | This pantomime went on for some time and , inevitably , the emotional strain brought on a resurgence of his symptoms . |
| 11 | If a Japanese firm were brought on a tour around West Belfast they would see all the barbed wire and be discouraged . |
| 12 | And then , his right hand , rising to undo the buttons of her high-collared black dress , his other arm unconsciously straining her to him , closer and closer so that she could feel his arousal brought on a memory so dreadful to McAllister , a memory which she had fought against for months — and fear suddenly won the battle . |
| 13 | We thought the bumpy flight must have brought on a bout of air-sickness , but it was not so . |
| 14 | The greatest balm he could bring , brought on a knife-point . |
| 15 | Exhaust fumes made her drowsy and brought on a headache and pains in her eyes . |
| 16 | Most of us who 've been on this council some years will have seen the stress that the labour party brought on a number of senior officers who felt obliged to leave in what I would call distressing circumstances . |
| 17 | Whether they worked or not , the potions had a serious and potentially fatal side-effect : ‘ these stimulating drugs , ’ wrote Manucci , brought on a retention of ‘ urine … for three days Shah Jehan was almost at death 's door . ’ |
| 18 | The death of Mackay 's mother in 1902 brought on a depression from which he was delivered only by his dedication to his new cause , that of championing ‘ the nameless love ’ , as he called it . |
| 19 | ‘ The strain of it all brought on a heart attack . |
| 20 | His description of the anxiety he is suffering suggests Cowper 's later experience of madness , when the nightmares of waking and sleeping states merge indistinguishably ; and his mental state brings on a sensation of alternating extremes of temperature : |
| 21 | Sweats on forehead and every draught of air chills and brings on a headache . |
| 22 | Catarrhal , congestive headaches from cold air which clears the nose and brings on a headache ( like Kali bich ) . |