Example sentences of "[noun] fall over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he seems to have succeeded in executing a ragged but effective withdrawal , hesitating and equivocating his way back at the last session until night fell over the battlefield . |
| 2 | As night fell over the river , the only sounds to be heard were cries of ecstasy and long sighs of surrender and fulfilment . |
| 3 | ESP 's and Martin 's method gives you a greater length of fret to play over , and lessens the chances of the strings falling over the edges when using the kind of vib that Kirk sometimes does . |
| 4 | At once , a hush fell over the room . |
| 5 | A hush fell over the room . |
| 6 | A hush fell over the car park . |
| 7 | When , a few days later , I asked one morning , " When a hen lays an egg , does it come out of hen 's beak ? " a deathly hush fell over the breakfast table . |
| 8 | A hush fell over the room as the gathered guests looked on . |
| 9 | A hush fell over the room , and the young man pulled back , staring at Connor . |
| 10 | A great hush fell over the entire Wolfwood , as if , thought Snizort , every living creature knew or heard or sensed what had happened and was waiting to see what the Trees would do . |
| 11 | A hush fell over the crowd and the meeting continued unhindered . |
| 12 | A hush falls over the landscape as the animals prepare for the coming of the night . |
| 13 | The uneasy silence of the small hours fell over the hospital . |
| 14 | He led her to a shady café , where small tables were set out in the shadow of some tall plane trees , whose leafy patterns fell over the white tables . |
| 15 | It explains the observed rises in the apc when income falls over the period of a trade cycle . |
| 16 | Near the end of the game one of the Spanish players fell over the Scottish goal-line with the ball in his possession , but dropped the ball as he fell on it . |
| 17 | It is worth noting that whereas profit shares in manufacturing fell over the period , in the financial sector they were maintained at a high and even rising level [ Brown and Sheriff , 1978 ] . |
| 18 | Van Marion expects sales of its Unix product line to fall over the next year or so . |
| 19 | And again silence fell over the Baddie 's Rocks . |
| 20 | A stunned silence fell over the racecourse as he lay motionless in the grass while Heraldic galloped on . |
| 21 | A silence fell over the ship 's company that was appalling . |
| 22 | An expectant silence fell over the room and Folly watched , mesmerised , as Luke Hunter stepped forward on to a small raised dais at one side of the pool . |
| 23 | At the mention of Hilary Frome a sudden silence fell over the room . |
| 24 | She raised a flipper-clawed foot , and a shadow the size of a meltdown scar fell over the busy-armed figure . |
| 25 | Rebel crew cut with sideburns and fringe falling over the face . |
| 26 | The pair fell over the Lions ' goal line with four arms wrapped round the ball and there was a moment when Bunce had more contact on the ball . |
| 27 | Or would it resist even time and the North Sea and still be standing when the final darkness fell over the planet ? |
| 28 | On her way to bed that night Stephanie fell over the cyclamen on the landing floor . |