Brought

Examples

• All the troops you can quickly assemble should be brought. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was brought up by hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• My father brought me to the door, not a minute ago, but unfortunately he was not told that you were here, and he has gone away on some business. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And the very force of her will brought her round. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Your book-case, Marian--your dear-little-shabby-old-satin-wood book-case--how glad I am you brought it with you from Limmeridge! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Strange shipping became more frequent, passing the Japanese headlands; sometimes ships were wrecked and sailors brought ashore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• At last coffee is brought in, and the gentlemen are summoned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The lunch was soon brought, but it remained for some time on the table. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The four sat down, to breakfast, on the coffee, and some hot rolls and ham which the Dodger had brought home in the crown of his hat. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The relation of this affecting incident of private life brought master and man to Mr. Perker's chambers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the most extreme agitation I hurried after the surgeon and brought him with me in my carriage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He brought out his sentences in short violent jerks, as though they were forced up from a deep inner crater of indignation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Five daughters brought up at home without a governess! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Early says in his Memoirs that if we had discovered the confusion in his lines we might have brought fresh troops to his great discomfort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The gunboat Tuscumbia brought up the rear. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I remember when Mr. Candy himself brought the list to my mistress. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But they have found him alive, hiding in the country, and have brought him in. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The washing-book was brought in by Rosanna Spearman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He thought of Rachael, how young when they were first brought together in these circumstances, how mature now, how soon to grow old. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The opium was probably brought from London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had hardly made the determination (though he was not long about it), when he was again as suddenly brought up as he had been by the stoppage. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Especially, said Mr. Pumblechook, be grateful, boy, to them which brought you up by hand. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I've brought the boy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Yet Selden's manner at the Brys' had brought the flutter of wings so close that they seemed to be beating in her own heart. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• If I could have hoped it would have brought in nearly the sum wanted, I'd have sold all long ago. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Some of these he has left on the Continent, but he has brought with him to this house a cockatoo, two canary-birds, and a whole family of white mice. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• If you would be so kind, said Eunice, vacating her seat at the piano, which action brought a frown to the face of her watchful mother. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The visitor, however, brought himself up safely on the door-mat. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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