Example sentences of "brought [pron] up [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all happened years ago , ca n't understand why they brought them up again now . |
| 2 | They brought them up both times , onto the surface . |
| 3 | ‘ She brought me up well , gave me self respect and an open mind . |
| 4 | ‘ father brought me up here on his back in the spring one year , and I sat in the moor while he and old Donald were digging peats . |
| 5 | I would not like to think of myself as a little Boswelly person , and my mother brought me up so much better than I have turned out . |
| 6 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 7 | I brought you up here because I wanted to show you the house I 've bought in Oxfordshire . |
| 8 | Fred I am worried with all that money you wo n't lose your head , there are a lot of clever dishonest people ( she means women , he said ) about these days , I brought you up as well as I could and if you do wrong it 's the same as if I did . |
| 9 | But she brought herself up sharply . |
| 10 | She brought herself up stiffly , her shoulders lifting , her eyes shimmering with the brilliance of despair . |
| 11 | The night that they brought him up here . |
| 12 | Feargal had n't asked anyone where she was to be put , just brought her up here . |
| 13 | ‘ You do know a Jo , Carol , ’ said ‘ You brought her up here once , or rather you got her to drive you here in that big flash Jaguar . |
| 14 | We brought her up practically . |
| 15 | The question brought her up short , but after a moment 's hesitation she answered it . |
| 16 | Luke grabbed hold of her arm and brought her up short , half dragging her through , banging the kitchen door shut behind them . |
| 17 | The thought brought her up short , and she pulled away from his kiss , sending him a quick horrified glance as she wondered once again if he had been able to read her mind . |
| 18 | She said she because I left it to you in case you wanted to spit in the sink she goes oh I did n't last night , so I never brought it up alright ? |
| 19 | I was n't even going to mention it today , but I 'd forgotten about Family Day until Dad brought it up just now . ’ |
| 20 | And he said and he brought it up about three years later . |
| 21 | Emily wondered why Nan brought it up now . |
| 22 | Having said that when you were looking at the , at the sporting side you er you put in some , some questions about who he was , who he was playing er his sports with , obviously with the idea of , of referrals erm but because in fact I think because you had n't done anything to referrals earlier on , when you brought it up there was an obj er there was an objection from Martin to it . |
| 23 | Obviously very pleased with herself over this and Aggie 's reaction , she then brought it up so many times that Aggie was eventually forced to yell her into silence . |
| 24 | Mr Evans brought us up together , made no difference between us . |