Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] bring [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was aware that I was attracted to boys and men from about the age of twelve or fourteen , but although I was brought up in London I still did n't find it very easy to have any sort of contact with other gay men . |
| 2 | ‘ My father and Edwin Garland were very close friends , so much so that I was brought up to regard Beryl and Francis as cousins . ’ |
| 3 | The next generation which is taking over the reins of industry is a generation who were not brought up in the same milieu that I was brought up in . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Well in in th the year that I was brought up in there was a a much more er er traditional fee structure which simply was n't negotiated in the same way as it is today . |
| 6 | My brother and I were brought up in the Catholic faith . |
| 7 | What , and I were brought up in church ? |
| 8 | I am , I was born in Essex , in in hospital and my family all come from Essex , and I was brought up in Upminster and I was very fortunate in that I was born into a christian home and I had christian parents and christian grandparents and christian aunts and uncles and I went to church from the time I was about two or three weeks old . |
| 9 | My mother died when I was fifteen , but I was brought up by a series of incompetent governesses and I saw little of either parent . |
| 10 | But I was brought up in a Catholic Home you see . |
| 11 | This made me shudder but I was brought back to my own worries when I heard Mum demand that she gave the lump of coal back . |
| 12 | Stewart , who managed England 's Test side for six years and steered them to successive World Cup finals , said : ‘ When I was brought up during the war , serving Queen and country meant a lot to my generation . |
| 13 | As I was brought up on a farm I 'm used to working with my hands and in all weathers . |
| 14 | No heroes or heroines from TV ever entered my world , for I was brought up in a society that banned television . |