Example sentences of "and fell [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , Christmas was two days later than in the previous year ( because 1992 was a leap year ) and fell on a Friday . |
| 2 | Her breasts rose and fell on a shaky little breath and a fierce warm ache assailed her loins , the pit of her stomach , her innermost being . |
| 3 | I tried to prevent this , but I was thrown onto the ground and fell onto a sickle . |
| 4 | I was suddenly violently sick and fell into a ditch . |
| 5 | One such band , Victim , made the break from their native Belfast and fell into a false sense of security by capturing a small time record contract with Tony Davidson's ' T.J.M. Label . |
| 6 | The tabloids sniffed money and fell into a frenzy . |
| 7 | One day he shied away from an empty crisp bag and fell into a ditch . |
| 8 | Then he became dopey and fell into a deep sleep that lasted for several hours . |
| 9 | The chamber was empty so Corbett went straight to his room , threw himself down upon his cot and fell into a deep and dreamless sleep . |
| 10 | It was just left abandoned like so many of the others and fell into a state of disrepair . |
| 11 | However , while searching the many rooms for signs of the species Homo Sapiens , Daisy caught herself on a mystic spinning wheel and fell into a sleep so deep it would surely last for a hundred years ( zzzzzzzz ! — Ed ) . |
| 12 | Feeling hopeful rather than confident , Kirov lay back on his cot and fell into a deep sleep . |
| 13 | Madame then settled back in her seat and fell into a deep sleep for the rest of the journey , full of good food and wine , and liqueurs , while Ellie stared back out of the window and tried to make some sense of all that had just been said , and all that had just happened . |
| 14 | He slid back beneath the covers , hugging the woman 's body close to his , his arm around her waist , and fell into a deep and dreamless sleep . |
| 15 | She stared down at the frothing white surf that slid past the ship 's side and fell into a reverie in which imaginings of her future life became mixed with memories of past days at Ballingolin . |
| 16 | In the first part of this century a shepherd , returning from his upland pasture near Rennes-le-Chateaux , stumbled and fell into a fissure in the limestone escarpment , breaking his leg . |
| 17 | At last he understood , and fell into a chair , as if hit on the head . |
| 18 | Even if you were out on your feet , and fell as a dead weight , your arms would n't drop tidily by your sides . |
| 19 | In 1811 Abbot and Charlotte Upcher , while staying at Yarmouth , saw and fell for a farm which was being sold by Cook Flower . |
| 20 | She saw it wobble , then it tilted , then it toppled right over and fell with a tinkle on to the table-top not twelve inches from Miss Honey 's folded arms . |
| 21 | A stone came sailing out of the crowd and fell with a clatter on the roof of the burning shack . |
| 22 | About to jump , Robbie lost concentration , her grip and her foothold , and fell with a splash into the murky waters of the canal . |
| 23 | As he left the pitch he blacked out and fell through a glass door , cutting his hand . |
| 24 | The boy , who was not named , was retrieving a ball from the roof of Our Lady of Good Hope School in South Drive , Wavertree , when he slipped and fell through a plastic skylight into the toilet area of the school . |
| 25 | The plaintiff , a four year old child , entered the house through an unsecured door and fell from a second floor window . |
| 26 | In Japan sales of cars were still depressed and fell by a further 8.5% . |
| 27 | Her breasts rose and fell in a deep sigh . |
| 28 | What actually happened was that she somehow became separated from the others , decided to walk to work and fell in a ditch on her way up the hill . |
| 29 | Halfway up , the stream poured out from some hidden source and fell in a silver smoke down to a pool . |
| 30 | Pascoe watched a globe as it glowed in the darkness , then rose and fell in a sizzling arc . |