Example sentences of "when i be growing " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the thirties , my father had been a painter and decorator , plumber , electrician , publican and boxer , but when I was growing up , he was a Spiritualist and a faith healer , talking about his negro spirit-guide , Massa , and explaining how he knew when people were cured because he felt burning coals in the palms of his hands . |
| 2 | I did n't like The Beatles or the Stones until a couple of years ago , 'cos that used to be drummed into me when I was growing up . |
| 3 | Whereas there was a sense of helplessness , politically , when I was growing up , as if all the power was out of our hands . |
| 4 | The principles on which recovery and success have been based are those which , like so many others , I first began to understand for myself when I was growing up and trying to make my own way in the world . |
| 5 | ‘ When I was growing up , I never thought about my looks and I never seem to get used to talking about my features . |
| 6 | WHEN I WAS GROWING UP , the boys I hung around with used to have competitions to see how long they could go without changing their underpants . |
| 7 | The issue , as far as I can see , and I was told , when I was growing it up in school , about the holocaust and that we must ensure that everybody remembers about the holocaust in Germany , and that it should never ever be allowed to happen again . |
| 8 | Aye just when I was growing up it started aye , maybe when or maybe when I was about er ten year old or something . |