Example sentences of "[noun sg] grew [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The child Nizan grew up in the shadow of death . |
| 2 | The industry grew up in the Lake District because there was a demand for gunpowder in the slate quarries and copper mines of the region , and because of the ready availability of birch and alder for charcoal and fast flowing becks to drive the machinery in the area . |
| 3 | In other words , the reef grew up in the presence of the starfish . |
| 4 | A polity grew up in the nineteenth century that , through changes of regime , was characterized by its narrow social base and the ‘ exclusion of subordinate classes from any form of participation in the political sphere ’ ( Giner 1985 : 311 ) . |
| 5 | The European Community grew up in the shadow of the Atlantic alliance . |
| 6 | This market grew up in the 1950s when the local authorities began to raise money for capital projects by issuing bills and bonds , and by raising loans . |
| 7 | But a dispute grew up in the always cost-conscious companies between those who wanted to beautify the trackside to delight the approaching train travellers and those who wanted more spacious station gardens as an urban amenity . |