Sentence examples for had grown about from inspiring English sources

Tania had grown about an inch over the summer; she was taller than me.

Before the list became public, an outcry had grown about the pardons or other grants of clemency that were known.

And the company's average revenue per deal had grown about 31 percent over the same time last year, as well as about 7 percent over the second quarter.

Richard A. Altomare, chairman and chief executive of Universal Express, said that business at its subsidiary, Luggage Express, had grown about 20percentt a month since August.

Since British Petroleum's $48.2 billion bid for the Amoco Corporation in August, which would create the world's third-biggest oil company, speculation had grown about a possible sale of Petrofina, whose prospects were limited outside its niche as a European fuel maker.

Even though Iressa gains a leg up on Erbitux and other drugs, investors seemed to view the Japanese approval as a positive sign for all the drugs because doubts had grown about the whole class in the wake of ImClone's problems.

Disability outlays have grown about 5.6 percent a year after inflation in the last two decades, compared with just 2.2 percent for other Social Security spending.

And this legend has grown about loons over the years.

Revenue has grown about 2 percent a year since 2007.

In Japan, anger has grown about the submarine accident.

Concerns have grown about the 59-store chain's future.