Example sentences of "up to be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An older history brought this idea forward to a new era : we were brought up to be simply grateful for being alive , guilty at the fact of our existence . |
| 2 | I I do n't think myself and I still have an open mind and I do n't think that the Labour case erm adds up to be perfectly honest . |
| 3 | Although his father had acknowledged the son in due time — when the boy grew up to be phenomenally educable — he had never married Miss Chib . |
| 4 | So , when I wanted to grow slightly tender plants in my none-too-mild Midlands garden , I decided to bring them up to be as tough as possible . |
| 5 | ‘ And they 're growing up to be quite American , ’ Nellie went on . |