Example sentences of "brought [pers pn] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cumulative revelation of an ordered universe convinced most Rational Dissenters , following Newton , that greater understanding brought them closer to God through familiarity with His design . |
| 2 | The chestnut-seller laid out the chestnuts on the grating to cool and then brought them over to Owen and Georgiades . |
| 3 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 4 | They took his men , restored them to health , and brought them safely to Pasaje , where they were nearly taken by the Spanish , but eventually they reached England at the end of 1583 to find that Edward Hayes [ q.v. ] , whose Golden Hind was the only vessel to survive , accused Clerke of having cast away the Delight . |
| 5 | He led the People of Israel out of slavery in Egypt , led them through the Red Sea , led them forty years in the wilderness and brought them safely to Palestine , Eretz Yisroel . ’ |
| 6 | Kate brought them back to Plumford . |
| 7 | The field ambulance minibus ran the boys down into town , and brought them back to camp in hourly shuttles until 0300 hours . |
| 8 | The illegal payments scandal brought them down to earth with a bump and down into the 3rd division . |
| 9 | Connors brought me up to date on his opinion of the guys in the car as I rolled the heap round the first intersection . |
| 10 | ‘ Alcohol did me the greatest favour , which is that it brought me down to earth . |
| 11 | ‘ It was because you brought me back to life . |
| 12 | Are you regretting that you ever brought me back to life , Pygmalion ? |
| 13 | The touch of the hard floor brought me back to reality . |
| 14 | Clifford-like with what I was saying , they quickly brought me back to reality . ’ |
| 15 | Instinct alone brought me back to alertness , a warning pulse from the innermost guardian of my being . |
| 16 | Kāli 's voice brought me back to earth . |
| 17 | ‘ What brought you back to Southwark ? ’ |
| 18 | The years of his longest sentence , from 1979 to 1983 ( incurred for setting up , in admiring imitation of the Polish KOR , a Czech Committee to Defend the Unjustly Prosecuted ) were punctuated by other , sometimes painfully absurd episodes : for example the day the Interior Ministry 's men relented sufficiently to allow him to attend his father 's funeral , and then inadvertently let him be surrounded by a tight scrum of friends who brought him up to date with all the latest political news . |
| 19 | She brought him up to date with what had happened . |
| 20 | Walking through the woods at the back of Westfield Manor , Patrick brought him up to date on the burglar who had committed murder to get hold of a packet of letters , and the macabre business of the switched bodies . |
| 21 | That brought him back to life . |
| 22 | It was only the dream of winning the world championship which brought him back to Williams … |
| 23 | The sight of her in the old tatty jumpers she slept in always brought him back to reality . |
| 24 | ‘ He was about 25 miles offshore when he approached the fishing boat and the crew was so alarmed at his ignorance they radioed coastguards and brought him back to Falmouth , ’ Mr Taylor said . |
| 25 | A sharp knock at the door brought him back to earth . |
| 26 | But what else he could paint , other than trash for the tourists , brought him back to earth . |
| 27 | That usually brought him down to earth . |
| 28 | His leadership is respected by all the rugby nations of the world , but a happy bunch of youngsters from Witham School brought him down to earth as they piled in yesterday at Twickenham . |
| 29 | In a way , she brought him down to earth . |
| 30 | Ruth Michaelis felt betrayed from the time her mother brought her over to England and left her with the Reverend Stead and his family . |