Example sentences of "brought [pers pn] up [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Connors brought me up to date on his opinion of the guys in the car as I rolled the heap round the first intersection . |
2 | ‘ Especially , ’ said Mr Pumblechook firmly , ‘ be grateful , boy , to those who brought you up by hand . ’ |
3 | Behave well here and remember those who brought you up by hand ! ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | She brought him up to date with what had happened . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | As well as adding to the old part of the story , the continuators brought it up to date till the death of Geoffrey le Bel , occasionally slipping into detailed narrative of events : there is a long and useful excursus on the politics of 1118 . |
8 | ‘ As you can see , I 've simplified it and brought it up to date … |
9 | Well do you know what brought , brought it up about computer games ? |
10 | ‘ In that case it would be better if you brought us up to date with what 's been happening first . ’ |