Example sentences of "grow up [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A priest tells the story of a boy he rescued from poverty who grows up to become a revolutionary leader . |
| 2 | I only ever wanted him to grow up to become a pro-ball player . |
| 3 | The ships in harbour had to leave because of a storm ; they sailed away bearing his new widow and her son , aged two , who grew up to become a big game hunter in central Africa . |
| 4 | ‘ Little Emily ’ grew up to become a prolific author of didactic historical fiction , in which the hand of Providence administers justice with unflinching rectitude . |
| 5 | One mother who beat cancer as a child and grew up to have a healthy daughter is Sally Scott . |