Example sentences of "[noun sg] fell into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was hanging head down ; blood fell into the snow . |
| 2 | After the failure of a ‘ respectable ’ revolution in 1819 the conspiracy fell into the hands of young officers and Masons who used the mysterious procedures of the sect in order to hide the fact that they did not have the ‘ old gang 's ’ financial backing for the reward of wholesale desertion . |
| 3 | The driver jumped clear as his vehicle fell into the river below . |
| 4 | This poor boy fell into the river — ’ |
| 5 | After clinching the Democratic presidential nomination last spring , Clinton 's campaign fell into the doldrums in June as independent Ross Perot climbed into the lead even without formally declaring his candidacy . |
| 6 | Nevertheless the Forest fell into the background of national history : there are infrequent glimpses of how it was affected by the general lawlessness and violence of the times . |
| 7 | Perhaps our wine fell into the hands of looters , though we were on the Pakistani side and Muslims are n't supposed to touch alcohol . ’ |
| 8 | The name fell into the conversation like a pebble dropped in a pond . |
| 9 | For example , if they have been in the Chaos terrains of locations 60–63 and a Dwarf character fell into the Nurglesque marshes , one puppet will enact this while another ( preferably an Elf Puppet , to antagonize the Dwarf adventurer ) conducts a running commentary : ‘ Oh look , boys and girls , the stunty 's fallen down . |
| 10 | An air-borne mould fell into the culture of a bacterial pathogen , and where the mould grew the pathogen died . |
| 11 | Only last year we saw how building workers who left the Union of Construction , Allied Trades and Technicians when its leadership fell into the hands of the far left were prevented from joining the General , Municipal and Boilermakers union , even after the GMB had indicated that it would welcome them . |
| 12 | According to Foster , in the cotton districts of south-west Lancashire union leadership fell into the hands of political radicals who were reported to be drinking the prime minister 's health in consequence ! |
| 13 | It was a triumphant moment when the yellow ticket fell into the space behind the small window , bringing her change with it . |
| 14 | In a control condition with a passage which was identical except that the turtle was ‘ sitting beside ’ the log ( where the inference that the turtle fell into the water would have been inappropriate ) there was no such false recognition . |
| 15 | Kelly jumped , whilst Beeney cam to punch , unfortunately Kelly just got there first and the ball fell into the goal . |
| 16 | Five patients and one control fell into the borderline category . |
| 17 | The Boston bar put the towels on as the last cold beer fell into the frosted glasses . |
| 18 | In these circumstances , the Anti-Corn law movement fell into the able hands of Richard Cobden . |
| 19 | Charred-edged holes appeared in their skin , while behind them little dry chunks of flesh fell into the powdery dust that covered the ground . |
| 20 | A possible two-thirds of dwellings sold by the end of 1986–7 in the LDDC area fell into the ‘ affordable housing ’ category . |
| 21 | It would be nice , then , if there was some feature of the black hole by which observers outside the black hole could tell its entropy , and which would increase whenever matter carrying entropy fell into the black hole . |
| 22 | Another drop fell into the pool of saliva on the black gummed woman 's lap . |
| 23 | Surprised at being disturbed so roughly the nag jerked forward suddenly , the jolt snapped the rickety bodged-up slatting and the gramophone fell into the bottom of the cabinet . |
| 24 | The present case fell into the second category and not the first as far as garage C was concerned . |
| 25 | Between 1019 and 1023 , Champagne fell into the hands of Eudes II , the count of Blois and Chartres , who had a few years earlier annexed Sancerre . |
| 26 | Alexei heard a single splash as a loosened rope fell into the water , and then there came the creak of settling timbers . |
| 27 | As for our upper class , in 1728 Defoe lamented our aristocracy 's ‘ voluntary and affected stupidity and ignorance ’ , and their preference for leaving politics to other people , so that the government fell into the hands of ‘ knaves , politicians , mercenaries and screwed-up engines ’ . |
| 28 | There was a loud crash , as the box fell into the sea . |
| 29 | In fact , the area would increase whenever matter or radiation fell into the black hole ( Fig. 7.2 ) . |
| 30 | Boyd 's ability to take a controversial subject and set it down into explicable proportions is tested to the full in this work and the way in which the line fell into the Great Central 's hands together with the relationship of Benjamin Piercy 's trustees provides the kind of issues that keeps historians in correspondence for years to come . |