Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] up to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the return to civilian rule , the newly formed state radio corporations , which had been set up to be independent of Federal Government authority , were immediately subjected to local political control . |
| 2 | I did n't want to hurt their feelings , having been brought up to be polite , so I tried to look happy and muttered something about Helen playing the piano very well . |
| 3 | Interrupt — difficult to do if you 've been brought up to be polite , but necessary to learn . |
| 4 | I 've always been brought up to be domesticated — to do the housework and dust and wash up and cook — so it 's a natural instinct really . |
| 5 | She had been brought up to be thrifty and careful . |