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Up I went with my bringings, into the prison room.
Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010
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Michelle Obama has a right to her feelings and comments ... if its the 1st time she is proud of her country, then that's how she feels, doesn't mean that's how Obama feels .... even though they are married they don't share the same brain or mind, had separate up bringings and exposure.
Richardson: Clinton supporters 'clinging to the throne' 2008
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All others had very middle or working class up bringings and put themselves through school.
"The domestic issues Mr. Obama ran and won on — health care, education, climate change, rebalancing the distribution of wealth..." Ann Althouse 2009
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Speaking or “stating” (yan) in general consists of a series of “bringings up” (A32).
Mohist Canons Fraser, Chris 2009
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But purrr-sunulee, I finks pikshur depiks Seelin Kat bringings lite tu teh voyd.
First there was nothingness - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Let him be but testimonied in his own bringings-forth, and he shall appear to the envious a scholar, a statesman and a soldier.
Measure for Measure 2004
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Let him be but testimonied in his own bringings forth, and he shall appear to the envious a scholar, a statesman and a soldier.
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It is well that poor children know comparatively little of their miserable bringings-up.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1891
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In order that both the birth and the bringings up of children, and the being born of another, might bind us mutually together.
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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We gave Mary notice, and Kate said she couldn't abase herself to be a ` general 'after her bringings up.
The Fortunes of the Farrells George de Horne Vaizey 1887
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