Example sentences of "brought up [prep] the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems with most people , if I can generalise , is that they have been brought up on the notion that a picture has to represent something and that to them means something recognizable , like a tree , or a landscape , or a windmill , or an oast house . |
| 2 | Brought up on the dictum that ‘ any foreign material in the body would re-emerge in a sea of pus ’ , his biggest fear was of bacterial infection . |
| 3 | It was this lack of division that most effectively concealed from Clara the basic , classic structure of the building , for she had been brought up with the notion that walls must be above eye-level , lace curtains impenetrable , bedrooms facing discreetly into the void . |
| 4 | If in addition we have been brought up in the tradition that to show feeling is a vulgar and lower-class way of behaving , we will seek to drain it out of any situations in which we are involved . |
| 5 | Like most people , I was brought up in the belief that a nightmare was something bad that happened while you were asleep . |
| 6 | Because the slave traders were brought up in the belief that every word of the Holy Bible was inspired by God , they honestly thought that they had divine sanction to enslave blacks . |