1.   Over time these grew, rather than diminished, in importance.

2.   These trees can grow over a foot in a single summer.

3.   His attraction to her grew over the course of their time together.

4.   Public interest in it, and in international relations in general, was growing over much of Europe.

5.   Have we any idea as to how much that may grow by over the next two or three years?

6.   An invention that started out as a simple toy for children grew over the years to become a lifetime hobby for millions of people.

7.   Despite the law, the company has grown over the last year.

8.   They face a race against time as fears grow over the health of the whales and the possibility of their becoming beached.

9.   And I stuck this bit of ivy in hoping it would grow over the fence.