Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] rose " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the effect of television viewing on public awareness of Thatcher 's activities rose from 12 per cent to 20 per cent ( Table 7.8 ) . |
| 2 | All Claudia 's defences rose to the attack . |
| 3 | Such was the rapid rate of expansion that ensued that the workforce in Britain 's mines rose from a mere 50,000 at the beginning of the nineteenth century to over 1 million on the eve of the First World War . |
| 4 | On December 24th in Moscow a Ukrainian member of the Congress of People 's Deputies rose to welcome Croat and Slovene moves towards independence , but he was shouted down . |
| 5 | Suddenly she put her arms out and pulled the young girl to her ; and when Jessie 's sobs rose she warned her quickly , ‘ Be quiet ! |
| 6 | Children 's costs rose because traditional middle-class occupations and positions in the services , professions , and the civil service ( now much expanded ) required some evidence of ability , following reforms of medical education ( 1858 ) and selection for the army ( 1871 ) and civil service ( 1870 ) . |
| 7 | Harrington 's fortunes rose steeply for about the first 150 generations . |
| 8 | British Telecom 's contributions rose from £750,000 to £3 million between 1988 and 1990 and those of British Gas leapt from £234,000 to £1.6 million . |
| 9 | Francis sobbed , and Elaine 's cries rose in a crescendo and then subsided again . |
| 10 | George 's sisters rose with their husbands . |
| 11 | British Airways chief Lord King ‘ must have been delighted with his 64 per cent pay rise as BA 's profits rose by only 19 per cent , ’ says the report . |
| 12 | The large man 's friends rose from their table and the waiters formed themselves into a solid phalanx , and all hell broke loose . |
| 13 | The marquis 's brows rose . |
| 14 | Nathan 's brows rose . |
| 15 | Kate 's brows rose slowly . |
| 16 | The visitor 's brows rose . |
| 17 | Guy 's brows rose . |
| 18 | Silas 's brows rose . |
| 19 | Instinct caused him to put out both hands in an attempt to break the fall , and Ellwood was on him , the rod flailing , blood rising from Carey 's face in a thick mist of spray , the hook going into his flesh wherever it landed and ripping out again as Ellwood 's arms rose and fell , rose and fell . |
| 20 | At the mention of the old man 's name , Beth 's hackles rose . |
| 21 | Ashley 's hackles rose . |
| 22 | Leonora 's hackles rose . |
| 23 | Except on North America voyages , and despite falling unemployment and rising real wages in the country as a whole , seamen 's wages rose little for some years . |
| 24 | Tremayne 's eyebrows rose but he made no objection . |
| 25 | Louise 's eyebrows rose . |
| 26 | Edouard 's eyebrows rose , and Isobel nodded solemnly . |
| 27 | The waiter 's eyebrows rose as he took the order , otherwise he made no comment . |
| 28 | Egbert Rose 's eyebrows rose gently . |
| 29 | Jared 's eyebrows rose . |
| 30 | Fen 's eyebrows rose fractionally . |