Example sentences of "[was/were] bring up in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is noticeable that parents often react against their own experience so that , for example , if they were brought up in a too restrictive atmosphere with little spoiling , they may spoil and leave their children without enough boundaries and routine . |
| 2 | You were brought up in a hotbed of superstition and anarchy : you ca n't help it but it 's hopeless . ’ |
| 3 | My brother and I were brought up in the Catholic faith . |
| 4 | This may seem idiotic to you , if you were brought up in the " filling-station " tradition . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | However , the effect of experience on temperament is still limited by the horse 's genetic traits — for example , if both the naturally placid horse and the naturally nervous horse were brought up in the same rough environment , then the placid horse would still be less timid than the nervous one . |
| 7 | Previous generations were brought up in an age when it was thought not ‘ respectable ’ — especially for women — to enjoy sex ; and men and women over 50 or so were expected to be together ‘ for companionship ’ , to the exclusion of any sexual activity . |
| 8 | So I used to go with him , and incidently he was a , he was very good on classical music , although we never went into this although I 'd got very close to him but I 'm sure he were brought up in an orphanage you know , and never talked about this but I 'm sure he was . |
| 9 | The chances are almost two-to-one that he was brought up in a fatherless household . |
| 10 | Described as ‘ kind-hearted , yet … a lively and obstinate boy , , Tom was brought up in a prosperous house ( his father was a manager of a textile firm ) and was used to a well-stocked meal table . |
| 11 | I was brought up in a generation where there were only two kinds of girls — girls who did and girls who did n't . |
| 12 | Born in 1945 , Sutton was brought up in a Nissen hut , the son of a mechanic and a hairdresser . |
| 13 | In the case of Repton light-middleweight Leon Young , there was no encouraging influence at all as he was brought up in a Dr Barnardo 's home in Barkingside . |
| 14 | Similarly , Daley Thompson , the celebrated Essex Beagles decathlete , was brought up in a home where he was denied parental encouragement for his sport . |
| 15 | Moses was brought up in a high-ranking Egyptian family and then , later in life , led a lowly people , the Jews . |
| 16 | I was brought up in a hard school , Mrs Willow , and I do n't forget it . |
| 17 | I think with erm , I I was brought up in a household where it was com , completely legitimate to admit to being depressed and that you would just have to cope , I think cope perhaps my most |
| 18 | He knows exactly what she means — he was brought up in a street that might have been just round the corner . |
| 19 | I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father . |
| 20 | But I was brought up in a Catholic Home you see . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I was brought up in a vicarage myself and know how things are or can be , ’ he said confusedly . |
| 22 | He was brought up in a rough area of Bradford and he and his mates used to play against the front shop of my old mate and skipper Brian Close . |
| 23 | No heroes or heroines from TV ever entered my world , for I was brought up in a society that banned television . |
| 24 | I was brought up in a different era where you had to entertain yourself . |
| 25 | He was brought up in a car . |
| 26 | Mary of Guise was brought up in the charmed circles of the greatest French aristocracy . |
| 27 | Neeld 's daughter by his French mistress was brought up in the house . |
| 28 | It is simply that I was brought up in the East of Scotland and have lived in places whither the Orangemen walketh not , neither in triumph nor provocation . |
| 29 | A widow , now in her eighties , her husband was brought up in the house by his grandparents . |
| 30 | Born of humble parents early in the twelfth century , he was brought up in the fenlands round the Wash , and early in life wandered among the shoals and quicksands round the mouth of the Welland in search of wrecks and treasure . |