bring to pass
Example Sentences
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The Apollo 11 mission was, the magazine noted in the unbylined piece, “a shining reaffirmation of the optimistic premise that whatever man imagines he can bring to pass.”
From Time
So many sorrowful labours must they take in hand, that they may bring to pass that thing which is most wretched of all other.
From Project Gutenberg
That word, however, had already been fulfilled; and Elkanah’s prayer meant, The Lord bring to pass those further blessings of which the birth of Samuel was the promise and the prelude; the Lord accept, in due time, the offering of this child to His service, and grant that out of that offering there may come to Israel all the good that it is capable of yielding.
From Project Gutenberg
Now if Jesus came to die, Judas, by informing the authorities where he was to be found, did no more than bring to pass what was before ordained should take place.
From Project Gutenberg
It was not her own fate alone that now depended on what these strangely dragging minutes should bring to pass.
From Project Gutenberg
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