Example sentences of "have been growing [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Farmer Rob Keene has been growing pumpkins for five years , and he 's seen sales rocket . |
| 2 | It is enough that there should have been growing pockets of households within the income range £50 to £200 a year , sufficient to have amounted to around 15 per cent of the population in 1750 and 20 to 25 per cent by 1780 . |
| 3 | Some readers will have been growing roses for years , others may be starting for the first time from scratch , with no preconceived ideas , pattern or convention to adhere to , and a great many more will be at every stage in between . |
| 4 | In recent years there had been growing calls for a reform of the federal system of government , which it was argued led to costly duplication between federal , state and territorial authorities . |
| 5 | There had been growing demands for Yeltsin to resign as Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Terrapins have been left here and in similar ponds around the country by bored pet owners for years , but the numbers have been growing thanks to children who have tired of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle craze that led them to buy terrapins in the first place . |