| London then grew slowly until about 950, after which activity increased dramatically. |
| The City, it seemed to her, knew it dimly, with a yearning faint as dawn's forelight, which grew stronger with each passing hour, inevitably. |
| The story is told from the viewpoint of someone who grew up during the Great Depression. |
| At first, the new job as managing director was way over my head, but I grew into it. |
| Bananas with their great ragged leaves, like the tattered habiliments of an empress in adversity, grew close up to the house. |
| She became so popular that a whole industry grew up around her and her image. |
