Example sentences of "had grown [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 2 | It had grown rich with sap inside the scaly trunk , buffeted by winds , rain weighting down the fronded branches . |
| 3 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 4 | But in some parishes it er had been useful for them to stand out because the parish council was made up of people who had grown old with parish priests and er it was a chance to make a new start . |
| 5 | During those early years of the colony 's existence we received very few of the homeless children who had grown accustomed to street wandering . |
| 6 | Peter had grown afraid of emotion ; he considered it messy stuff that could lead one into a fatal labyrinth of self-forgetfulness . |
| 7 | Even in the Regency , when Gothic had grown popular in architecture and literature alike , ancient houses are unspecific , atmospheric settings for the heroines of Gothic novels , inducing a depression of the spirits , if not worse . |
| 8 | He had grown stiff beyond belief . |