Example sentences of "grow [adv prt] [prep] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents have such high hopes for their offspring and then they grow up to be a big disappointment . |
| 2 | And I think we we have grown up to be a noisy |
| 3 | For Pat junior has grown up to be a hunky , muscular , six foot two . |
| 4 | as if her thoughts had been transmitted to her sister , Dorothy said , ‘ I know my son would have grown up to be a fine , good-looking man . |
| 5 | I hope he can grow up to be a normal young man in spite of what has happened to me . |
| 6 | If he does n't reform he will grow up to be a professional criminal . ’ |
| 7 | Not unnaturally a young man thus taken on might grow up to be a shrewd and skilful miner , and perhaps at some future date form his own gang or pare . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll grow up to be an ugly wizened little monster with short arms and a big head . |
| 9 | When she was a small child people had stopped in the street asking why this little girl with the blonde , almost white , curls had never been chosen for the Pears soap advertisement … the one where it said , ‘ Growing up to be a beautiful lady ’ . |
| 10 | I do n't think we will get anywhere by regarding children 's books as some kind of charitable cause with a long term and uncertain pay-off when the children eventually grows up to be an obedient adult book buyer . |
| 11 | I do n't want my son to grow up to be a sexual pervert because of lessons he 's learned at school . |
| 12 | All the same , he grew up to be a famous philosopher as well as a famous scientist , while I … |
| 13 | Their daughter , Pepita , grew up to be a healthy , happy girl in St Vincent . |
| 14 | Derek grew up to be a careful young man , never prizing any possession too much and desperately afraid of making a mistake . |
| 15 | The town I grew up in was a typical , ugly small town in the north of England . |