Example sentences of "bringing [pers pn] [adv prt] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 2 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 4 | He kissed her wet lips , warmly , tenderly , bringing them back to life , and she was lost in her love for him and his for her and she really did n't care if they never talked again . |
| 5 | When they were n't running across it , cheered on by the headmaster , they were snipping bits off it and bringing them back to school to put in jars . |
| 6 | I 'm just bringing you up to date really , they 've actually er resisted quite violently towards the reacted quite violently towards the erm price increase and er we 've erm just sent them back , Peter 's just writing a letter so there 'll be a letter coming in |
| 7 | She snuggled down and began to drift to sleep , memories of Alain holding her here as she wept on that first day , memories of him bringing her up to bed after he had kissed her in the kitchen , fluttering like moths in the light , easing her into sleep . |
| 8 | ‘ Once she 's recovered , you will be bringing her back to Lomond View ? ’ |
| 9 | This leads naturally to the splendid definitions of love in chapter ten as Rolle anticipates the disciple bringing him down to earth with a question : " You talk a great deal about love but what is it ? |
| 10 | In bringing it up to date and making it profitable , he had to tread warily , for although it was made up of land and property , it was essentially about people . |
| 11 | If making it more fun is bringing it up to date then I 'm all in favour |
| 12 | We knew that they were testing them , and checking it over and bringing it up to standard , but we did n't know anything about it other than that ! |
| 13 | The Menlo Park , California company also has a new release of its native C++ compiler , bringing it up to Version 3.0 compatibility , and will be announcing the availability dates for Solaris 2 . |
| 14 | It also has a new release of its native C++ compiler , bringing it up to Version 3.0 compatibility , and will be announcing the availability dates for Solaris 2. x products . |
| 15 | This , however , is not the thinking — and it may be presumptuous — that moved BBC2 to hit us between the frontal lobes with Jonathan Miller 's states of mind ( 20 February ) , a series that will march on for 15 weeks in the cause of bringing us up to date with what is happening in psychology . |