Those problems have been growing for a couple of years.

The issue has been growing for a couple days now.

His will was growing every moment too strong for me.

I was taking care of a problem that had been growing for several years.

The Chinese economy has been growing by 9% a year for the last 25 years.

And our population is growing for the first time in decades.

However, the old hospital soon grew too small for the growing population of the town.

The company grew at a rate of over 100% per year for several years.

Life was going to grow much more difficult for the women in black.

Further, the nation's economy is growing at an annual rate of more than 5 percent for a second year.