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1) ( A ) ('to carry') she brought word to them; or: she brought them word
2) ( C ) ('to carry') he brought a book for me; or: he brought me a book
3) ( d ; tr. ) ('to present') to ~ before (to ~ a proposal before a committee)
4) ( d ; tr. ) ('to summon') to ~ before (he was brought before the court)
5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to carry') to ~ into (she brought the chairs into the house)
6) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ on ('to cause') (he brought trouble on himself)
7) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ to ('to cause to reach') (to ~ water to a boil; her speech brought the crowd to its feet; we must ~ him to his senses; to ~ smb. to life)
8) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ within ('to cause to reach') (another few feet will ~ them within range)
9) ( H ; no passive) ('to induce') we could not ~ him to share our views; she could not ~ herself to read the letter
10) ( J ) ('to cause to come') his last-minute appeal brought them rushing to his aid
11) ( misc. ) to ~ a child into the world