Example sentences of "up in the country " in BNC.

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1 The child is to be brought up in the country , and should learn by experience ; this is far better than sitting indoors , studying books .
2 A dozen of the company 's senior executives have been caught up in the country 's ever-widening corruption scandal .
3 Members of the Korean minority have started to question the exclusivity of a Japan which has denied citizenship and certain basic human rights even to those born and brought up in the country .
4 Yeah , oh yeah I remember it quite well I , I can remember that I , the only parts of Harlow I liked were the country lanes , I did n't like all the new houses , but then I 'd been brought up in the country
5 we were always brought up in the country , you know
6 And it it was , I mean I was brought up in the country and it , I found it really shocking that people had to live like that , you know .
7 I had a bit of an interest in gardens because I grew up in the country at Drewsteignton , but I always think I was very lucky to get that job at Castle Drogo — straight in as a single-handed gardener with no experience .
8 I was brought up in the country , on a farm you know , so I 'll try and sort of make you know equal amount of flowers in each , and then er it can be halved .
9 There was no reason , however , to link the unrest that was brewing up in the country with the Kamalian dictator .
10 ‘ I grew up in the country , ’ she murmured , not sure why she had told him that because it had no bearing on the subject .
11 Cara had grown up in the country too of course , but would n't walk anywhere if she could avoid it .
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