Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] have grown " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had originally intended to resell them but found she had grown attached to them and had built shelves in her sitting-room . |
| 2 | There were no small industries around the town , so few working mothers , so no call for the baby minding she had grown accustomed to . |
| 3 | but er , as I say they 've grown now and got these jobs and they 're quite happy . |
| 4 | my parents and I both hope I 've grown to my full size now ! |
| 5 | Zambia noticed she 'd grown a tuft of the real stuff back which fell into her eyes . |
| 6 | He says they 've grown up with it and become part of the community . |
| 7 | She said with a shock that she realised she had grown up among the men on her father 's farm without seeing them as people you could conceivably fancy . |
| 8 | Then she said , ‘ If you were a good-looking chap who wore Armani suits and washed-silk shirts and things , and you found yourself sitting across from a girl with freckles and a ponytail — or at least , a girl who used to have freckles and a ponytail — and you realized she 'd grown up to be gorgeous , would you go for her ? ’ |
| 9 | Grunte then asked them whether they had heard the one about the Norwegian woman who had bought her son three shoes , having been told he had grown a foot ; a sally which was met by universal groans . |
| 10 | Do you think they would n't rather have known the truth than believe you 'd grown too selfish to care ? ’ |
| 11 | Such courses which may relate to graphic design , fashion/textile design , interior design , and product design are usually of similar duration to those leading to CNAA degrees , that is three years full-time , and the numbers taking them have grown gradually over the years . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought you 'd grown out of it , darling . |
| 13 | That was all very well for the adolescent mankind , but in order to evolve , we have to realise we 've grown up and it 's time to leave home . |
| 14 | In a sense Sue feels they 've grown wiser together over the years . |
| 15 | Helping to save life was an idea he felt he had grown up with . |
| 16 | I think you have grown fond even of Tzani-bey. , |
| 17 | Previous chemical processes will affect the results — even if you THINK they 've grown out , the chances are they probably have n't ! |
| 18 | I think it has grown in the telling . |
| 19 | Joe is , of course , best remembered as the first professional to overcome what had grown into a hoodoo . |
| 20 | He was a good playmate and he and I enjoyed playing " horses " where one would " drive " the other in turns with string as harness — and he told me years later it was a bitter disappointment to him when I said I 'd grown out of the game . |
| 21 | She said he 's grown up . |
| 22 | She said he 's grown up . |