Example sentences of "[noun prp] had fall [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed like only moments after Shiona had fallen asleep that the light snapped on in the compartment and a strong hand was dragging her from her bunk . |
| 2 | Paul and Blyth had fallen asleep , and Eric was lying with his hands behind his neck , staring drowsily up at the bright blue . |
| 3 | The night before , Cati had fallen asleep sitting with her mother and Rosa on the balcony in the cool of the evening ; when her mother had given her a gentle push to rouse her ; she found her slightly feverish and put her to bed . |
| 4 | Maggie had fallen asleep rejoicing . |
| 5 | Coleridge had fallen asleep reading Purchas His Pilgrim where these words appear : |
| 6 | The St George 's Division of Westminster had fallen vacant in early February . |
| 7 | If Kirsty had fallen ill once they were down in London she would have been forced to stay there until she 'd recovered — and then she would have been in serious trouble , not only with Jake but with the law as well . |
| 8 | But if Glenn had fallen ill now , rather than then , things might not have been so rosy because , he says , there are no more heart transplants at the Royal London Hospital . |
| 9 | Anne had fallen asleep almost immediately . |
| 10 | Elisabeth Danziger had fallen silent . |
| 11 | Heavy-eyed , Mungo had fallen asleep and into a thicket of dreams . |
| 12 | The ‘ pomps were chanting and shouting now , while the DAR had fallen silent . |
| 13 | That same evening , but after Simon Cormack had fallen asleep and Sam Somerville lay in Quinn 's arms while the tape-recorder breathed into the wall socket , five time-zones further west the White House committee met in the late evening . |
| 14 | Then Jonathan had fallen ill . |
| 15 | After dinner they had got lost , because Betty had fallen asleep and failed to note the few signposts and correlate them with the route on the map . |
| 16 | Hatton had fallen foul of McCloy , had n't he ? |
| 17 | Cooking became a kind of therapy which he greatly enjoyed , but the results could be bizarre : ‘ things in pastry ’ were a favourite ( the things might be tins of beans and of peppers ) , and sometimes so awful that Dieter and Reid would wait in the car until John had fallen asleep , to avoid having to eat them . |