Example sentences of "which brought [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Maurice Thompson and Samuel Moyer [ qq.v. ] he was involved in trading ventures with West Africa , which brought him into competition with the East India Company , but he went on to become the company 's deputy governor in 1657 and its governor in 1659 . |
| 2 | He took two steps which brought him into contact with me : he joined the ATC Squadron , and he saw to it that he did Fire-Watch duty on my nights . |
| 3 | In 1533 , the Bishop became involved with the Holy Maid of Kent , with her visions and threats against King Henry VIII , and also along with his friend Sir Thomas More with the Bishops ' stand against the King over his divorce and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn , which brought him into trouble with the King . |
| 4 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 5 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 6 | In Stage VII however , when Napier 's ( Alliance ) surplus of 284 ( from Condy and Maginness , see above ) was transferred , five votes went to Bradford which brought him above McNarry who was eliminated in Stage VIII . |
| 7 | So it is worth bearing in mind , when considering the later reign of ‘ the Scot who was a Frenchwoman ’ , that the story of Albany frantically ‘ cramming ’ on Scottish chronicles on the ship which brought him from France is a good pointer to the attitude of a man who managed , with some success , to understand and deal with the domestic problems of Scotland , even while caught in the intolerable welter of shifting relations between France and England , with their rival demands for Scottish support . |
| 8 | He made contacts which brought him in touch with Jack Kent Cook who ran Saturday Night Magazine . |
| 9 | Membership of the Begonia Society came soon after , which brought me into contact with some wonderful growers and really marvellous people who would help in giving growing tips and providing cuttings of varieties I did n't have . |
| 10 | She joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann , a feminist society founded by Maud Gonne [ q.v. ] , and wrote for its journal , Bean na hÉireann , which brought her into contact with the Irish suffragettes . |
| 11 | She also did voluntary work in a girls ' club , which brought her into contact with the local women 's trade union council , the Women 's Co-operative Guild , and ultimately the Labour party . |
| 12 | It was only the circumstances of the minority which brought them into conflict , and even then the rivalry should probably not be seen as inevitable . |
| 13 | It was only the circumstances of the minority which brought them into conflict , and even then the rivalry should probably not be seen as inevitable . |
| 14 | What evidence is there that these overt policies and covert assumptions have outlived the political and economic structures which brought them into being ? |
| 15 | The offences which brought them into prison tend to be extremely cold-blooded . |
| 16 | Bush and Gorbachev merely represent the forces which brought them to office and merely pursue an agenda so predetermined that its outcome could have been predicted in advance . |
| 17 | This may be analogous to the question why a newly independent State is deemed bound by a treaty which brought it into existence . |
| 18 | The classic statement of this view by T. H. Marshall ( 1950 ; reprinted in Marshall and Bottomore , 1992 ) conceived citizenship as a condition in which all members of a society possessed clearly defined and steadily expanding civil , political and social rights ; and in this sense it embodied a principle of equality which brought it into conflict with the inequalities engendered by a capitalist economy or existing in various authoritarian regimes . |
| 19 | Which brought us to fame . |
| 20 | which brought us to Cracow . |