Example sentences of "had bring [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother had brought him up to hold priests in fearful reverence . |
| 2 | George had brought him along to meet me when he joined the organisation . |
| 3 | He was known for wanting to be photographed from every conceivable angle and vigorously applauded when making his inflammatory speeches , and I was looking forward to seeing in the flesh this extraordinary man of whom my parents had brought me up to disapprove . |
| 4 | If I sometimes recognized this , I blamed my Aunt Lilian who had brought me up to give too much importance to careers and causes and things of the mind , simply because she had never known , herself , any of the pleasures of the body , and had , as a result , made me feel guilty now . |
| 5 | ‘ My father had brought me up to combine business activities with social concern , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ You would then be able to assure yourself that all your worst forebodings were correct , that I had brought you here to cheat you out of your share in some shady manner . ’ |
| 7 | I remembered I had brought it up to eat as supper and had fallen asleep . |