Example sentences of "grow [prep] every " in BNC.

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1 Grey and silver foliage plants grow in every shape and size , from the thistle family that can tower above everything else , to the very small alpine plants with silver leaves that can be extremely useful for miniature work .
2 Its activities have grown with every year , but public financing has not , so it is more and more dependent on what it can extract through planning regulations from the developers and industrialists themselves .
3 The writer is aware that first-rate players can produce a beautifully pure pianissimo up to ( written note ) , but such players do not grow on every bush , and may be taken as about the upward limit for safety in solo work .
4 A : Not at all ; it could be done even here — merely increase the supply of money until it becomes something of little value , as plentiful as grass : let it grow on every street corner , pour from the high street banks : see how little by little it is of less and less value : soon it is only stuff fit to engage the attention of those who love to indulge in the act of recycling : we will probably find that , pulped , bank notes are an excellent media for growing acorns into oaks .
5 Its magnificence grows with every season of excavation .
6 But I am bursting like an overstuffed sausage , and every thrust I make inside her is like I 'm seventeen slow inches long and growing with every stroke .
7 But I 'll do it ! she told herself , her enthusiasm for the task growing with every stroke of her charcoal pencil .
8 Meeting Thomas reminded me that human relations do n't have to be like this , that in other countries you open your account in credit , and unless you squander that goodwill by behaving like a complete arsehole , the mutual warmth continues to grow with every subsequent encounter , as though it were natural for human beings to get on together .
9 Nettles grew everywhere , and ragwort , and the wall itself was thick with plants growing in every available gap .
10 It is a weed that grows in every soil .
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