Example sentences of "brought [adv prt] a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened his mouth to speak but his words were drowned by a volley of musket fire nearby and the crash of a round shot which brought down a shower of plaster on the heads of his audience . |
| 2 | At a joint one-day Wedgwood and Sotheby 's identification and valuation event at the Westfries Museum , in Hoorn , Lynn encountered many Dutch visitors who brought in a variety of heirlooms or pieces they had collected . |
| 3 | They , they brought in a heap of people to disassemble these rockets and inspectors as er examined every , every part of the rockets . |
| 4 | Then they brought in a couple of supporting interrogators and gave me the third degree . |
| 5 | Salah brought in a plate of watermelon pieces . |
| 6 | The new government , which brought in a number of technocrats to take over key economic portfolios , did not , however , include any members of the opposition or resistance movements . |
| 7 | But when BT introduced its computer service , it also brought in a charge of 43p per inquiry and , as a matter of policy , would not give addresses . |
| 8 | I did n't want to wear glasses , and I was thinking how I could get out of it but finally they brought in a bunch of pairs of glasses and I was trying them on in the mirror , and I tried on a pair and I thought , ‘ Gee , these do n't look too bad ’ . |
| 9 | But of course he was right about the trouser bit because Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face ; what he would n't admit to was that she brought in a lot of custom at the week-end , especially when there was a boat in and some of the sailors would make their way up from the quayside and spend freely on chocolate or toffee for their girls . |
| 10 | But at least it brought in a lot of new business for the organisation which now likes to call itself the listening bonk . |
| 11 | Aye with used just the grain that was grown on the croft and brought in a lot of the feed . |
| 12 | Keeper Andy McClean brought off a couple of brilliant saves with goalbound efforts smacked by Hanvey and Dowey . |
| 13 | For although David Kelly and Lee both hit the woodwork , Bennett brought off a string of super saves . |
| 14 | Then , his expression quite impassive , he dug a hand into a trouser pocket and carefully , as if trying to hold fast to quick-silver , brought up a fistful of small change . |
| 15 | But I mean it brought up a lot of things that we perhaps |
| 16 | Wallich based his refutation mainly on a Bulldog sounding , at a depth of some 2,300 metres , which brought up a number of brittle-stars entangled in the line . |
| 17 | While he was inside one of the farmer 's daughters brought out a couple of glasses of milk for us . |
| 18 | She brought out a bottle of red wine from the cupboard . |
| 19 | Mr Evans closed the shop for an extra half hour and brought out a bottle of sherry . |
| 20 | Uncle Sam brought out a box of marshmallows and some skewers . |
| 21 | Out by the pool she found a girl who greeted her warmly and , delving into the recesses of her knapsack , brought out a box of nougat and gave it to her . |
| 22 | Three years later Petrucci brought out a collection of Musica di messer Bernardo pisano sopra le Canzone del petrarcha ( Fossom-brone , 1520 ) . |
| 23 | From a drawer of her desk she brought out a number of pink slips clipped together and she separated the top three . |
| 24 | Then , balanced on the fingers of his left hand , he put his right into the pocket of his labcoat and brought out a packet of sweets . |
| 25 | Treloar brought out a packet of cigarettes , offered them to Wycliffe , then lit up himself . |
| 26 | Herr Nordern rummaged in his desk , brought out a half-bottle of schnapps , two glasses , and poured drinks . |
| 27 | Sarah rummaged under the bed for a tin box , opened it and brought out a piece of patchwork lined with blanket . |
| 28 | He brought out a list of thirteen Arab properties that he wanted me to buy and then resell to the Jews . |
| 29 | He felt in his jacket pocket and brought out a pack of Juicy Fruits . |
| 30 | However as late as 1668 another Roman , Mario Savioni ( c. 1608–1685 ) brought out a book of five-part Madrigali morali e spirituali , explaining that they were to be sung each at the end of one of his previously published Concerti morali and adding that he had ‘ taken care to unite together the aria and the madrigal so as to conform with the character of the concertos ’ . |