Example sentences of "[adv] rose from " in BNC.
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| 1 | A peculiar head slowly rose from the hole and peered into the room with patient animal scrutiny . |
| 2 | Very high rates of tariff covering about 7 per cent of goods in the United States and United Kingdom almost disappeared , and the proportion of trade ( excluding agriculture and fuels ) which attracted tariffs of 15 per cent or less rose from 54 per cent to 85 per cent in the USA , from 37 per cent to 85 per cent in the United Kingdom and from 71 per cent to 97 per cent for the EEC . |
| 3 | Sir David Scott Cairns OC , our counsel , thereupon rose from his seat and mildly brandished the licence to say that it was all permitted . |
| 4 | And when their great Emperor Gia Long finally rose from the Mekong delta a century ago to unify all the peoples from Saigon to Hanoi , had n't he triumphantly renamed his new empire " Viet Nam " ? |
| 5 | Half a mile away smoke still rose from Dangerfield 's machine , where he had crash-landed on fire after stopping a burst of tracer in the wing . |
| 6 | The best topographic candidates for volcanic activity of Mercury are a handful of small rimless craters and certain ridges that could be solidified lava that once rose from fissures . |
| 7 | And then He was crucified and three days later rose from the dead , and at Mass the bread and wine actually turn into flesh and blood , so you should n't have breakfast that morning but take it on an empty stomach . |
| 8 | The public 's political knowledge appears to have increased ; the number of respondents who were able to name their own MP correctly rose from 34% in the first survey to 43% in the last . |
| 9 | Len now rose from the bed and began his packing , while Joe , picking up his cap , looked at him for a moment , then said , ‘ Well , be seeing you . ’ |
| 10 | A heart-breaking wail now rose from those who had not been killed outright . |
| 11 | One of these types now rose from her chair and came over to where we were sitting . |
| 12 | Cleo glanced up at him and then rose from the bed . |
| 13 | She then rose from her seat and bowed , leaving Finchingfield 's fond aunt seething . |
| 14 | NEWCASTLE UNITED were so bad against New Zealand on Tuesday , said Kevin Keegan , he almost rose from retirement and the dug-out to apply a little first-hand help . |
| 15 | The total book value of US direct investment overseas rose from $12 billion in 1950 to $78 billion in 1970 . |
| 16 | Indeed , instead of declining , the effect of political interest on awareness of ‘ other ’ Conservative politicians actually rose from 32 per cent to 37 per cent between the Pre-Campaign Wave and the end of the campaign , and its effect on awareness of ‘ other ’ Labour politicians declined only from 38 per cent to 34 per cent . |
| 17 | However , during this period local unemployment actually rose from 3,500 to 4,400 . |
| 18 | Among clearing banks ( the big high-street names ) and insurance companies the proportion of public-school products among directors actually rose from half in 1957 to three-quarters in 1970 . |
| 19 | Between 1940 and 1950 the proportion of the working population engaged in agriculture actually rose from 44 to 48 per cent . |
| 20 | The proportion actually rose from 2.4 per cent in 1970 to 20.3 per cent in 1990 . |
| 21 | Then he arose and took leave of the people , weeping plenteously , and returned to the Alcazar , and betook himself to his bed , and never rose from it again ; and every day he waxed weaker and weaker , till seven days only remained of the time appointed . |
| 22 | Harry too rose from his chair , determined to allow Kingdom no further advantage . |
| 23 | Lewis too rose from his seat , a tired , bewildered expression across his honest features . |
| 24 | He half rose from his seat but at that point the waiter arrived with a coffee Sandison had forgotten he had ordered . |
| 25 | Then she half rose from the desk , leaned across and gave me a dead fish handshake , and with a glazed stare directed somewhere over my left shoulder , she rattled out , all in one breath and with no punctuation , ‘ Thankyouverymuchforallyouhavedonegoodbye . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I walked on the paint , ’ Carrie said , but his face was almost purple by now and the veins stood out on his forehead as he half rose from his chair . |
| 27 | Total spending on the poor certainly rose from $13.4 billion in 1964 to $23.9 billion in 1969 . |
| 28 | ‘ That was your zeide 's Egypt , ’ Bertha Cohen said as she packed her memories away again , blew her nose and determinedly rose from her chair . |