Example sentences of "up to be [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She was not brought up to be a major figure in political life , let alone a ruler .
2 Their daughter , Pepita , grew up to be a healthy , happy girl in St Vincent .
3 For Pat junior has grown up to be a hunky , muscular , six foot two .
4 And I think we we have grown up to be a noisy
5 All the same , he grew up to be a famous philosopher as well as a famous scientist , while I …
6 I hope he can grow up to be a normal young man in spite of what has happened to me .
7 If he does n't reform he will grow up to be a professional criminal . ’
8 ‘ The York race is boiling up to be a good looking contest which is great , ’ Kauntze said .
9 as if her thoughts had been transmitted to her sister , Dorothy said , ‘ I know my son would have grown up to be a fine , good-looking man .
10 I do n't want my son to grow up to be a sexual pervert because of lessons he 's learned at school .
11 When she was a small child people had stopped in the street asking why this little girl with the blonde , almost white , curls had never been chosen for the Pears soap advertisement … the one where it said , ‘ Growing up to be a beautiful lady ’ .
12 Derek grew up to be a careful young man , never prizing any possession too much and desperately afraid of making a mistake .
13 Not unnaturally a young man thus taken on might grow up to be a shrewd and skilful miner , and perhaps at some future date form his own gang or pare .
14 Tabkay says he does n't feel he has given anything up to be a Buddhist monk .
15 Parents have such high hopes for their offspring and then they grow up to be a big disappointment .
16 But Lennie Lawrence is shaping up to be the complete club manager .
17 I do n't think we will get anywhere by regarding children 's books as some kind of charitable cause with a long term and uncertain pay-off when the children eventually grows up to be an obedient adult book buyer .
18 It 's shaping up to be an exciting climax to the group and I know Billy Bingham wants to end his managerial career on a high note . ’
19 ‘ You 'll grow up to be an ugly wizened little monster with short arms and a big head .
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