The settlement burgeoned, and it soon became evident that this was no mere garden suburb, but a major new city.
The settlement had grown into a big city.
The settlement remained a poor, rural village.
I like papering a lot more than I like painting.
Some permanent residents chose to live in their home country while being employed in the U.S.
He cut through me.
They are so rude!
A man is cleaning drawings off a wall of a building.
Yes, it is the same pattern of behavior.