Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] bring up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know now he was just trying to make a sale and did n't have my size in stock , but since he was wearing a fleecy top and tracksuit trousers I believed him , and bought these huge leather edifices that a young married couple could quite comfortably live in and bring up a family . |
| 2 | See that would have to be all darkened down that See that light bit of the wood , that 's got to be all darkened down and brought up The colours is all sort of you see , matching and that . |
| 3 | Some years ago Western Samoans were found never to develop type I diabetes in their own environment but to do so when brought up in New Zealand . |
| 4 | Try to stick to the subject of the row rather than bringing up 25 years ' worth of misdemeanours . |
| 5 | She went downstairs and brought up the only sweets she had in the house ; a box of liqueur chocolates . |
| 6 | Stir in the cream gradually and bring up to bubbling again . |
| 7 | Stir in the cream gradually and bring up to bubbling again . |
| 8 | ‘ Pick 'er up an' bring up 'er wind . |
| 9 | Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems . |
| 10 | ‘ You know , the only ambition she ever had for me was to marry well and bring up the colour of the family . ’ |
| 11 | As well as bringing up their three children — Andrea , six , Charlotte , five , and Pierre , three — on her own , Caroline , 34 , has become the boss of the eight companies owned by the Italian oil heir . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it might be seen as an opportunity to enhance family life by the more equal opportunities offered to women to take up employment , as well as bringing up a family ; or by the enriched experiences children bring back into the family as a result of their attendance at nursery school or playgroup . |
| 13 | Married after finals Pam has continued research in plant anatomy in collaboration with her husband in England and Australia as well as bringing up a family of three . |
| 14 | She married in 1944 , maintained her writing and research and gained the Doctorat de L'Universite de Paris ( 1948 ) as well as bringing up her two children . |
| 15 | To deny mothers the opportunity to pursue a useful career as well as bring up their children is wasting their talents . |