Sentence examples for English upbringing from inspiring English sources

Iris had an English upbringing, enlivened by summer visits to her many relatives in Ireland.

Graves had an Irish father, a German mother, a Scottish grandmother, a patrician English upbringing, a Welsh predilection, and a classical education.

But I was also appreciated for my conscientious attitude toward my job (paralegal before I became involved with voiceovers), which was ingrained in me in my English upbringing.

We are what we eat is partly the suggestion of the latest piece from Mem Morrison, who is creating a growing body of work which draws on his Turkish-Cypriot roots and English upbringing to examine the nature of belonging.

The Man Who Cried This film by Sally Potter follows Suzie (Christina Ricci) across Europe as she flees persecution in the Soviet Union and survives an English upbringing before moving along to Paris.

The Harding Collection is named after Walter Harding, an impoverished British rag-time musician who amassed a huge collection of printed poems and song books from the 18th and 19th centuries while he was living in Chicago, as they reminded him of his English upbringing.

Hurley's debut was inspired by his Catholic upbringing, English folklore tales and the landscape of north-west Lancashire.

Nearly all of the readers of Irish are English speakers by upbringing, however, and not many of them would claim that Irish had become their main language.

Grant's English birth and upbringing – he became a US citizen in 1942 – might have helped to soften the blow of a "possible American Bond", but the deal was kiboshed by Grant, who would only commit to one film.

This is how I described her to my diary that night: "Nadezda Simkova… Czech by birth, Swedish by upbringing, English by au pairing… beautiful by any standards, especially mine.

(The clear-out also included the environment, sports, science and higher education and administration ministers).A former academic who owes his cut-glass English accent to an upbringing in London, Mr Rostowski is largely credited with steering the economy through the financial crisis without a recession.