Example sentences of "who fell [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Para who fell to crime |
| 2 | Candy Clarke with the man who fell to earth . |
| 3 | But the 22-year-old — a lowly 12th after the first run — needed a helping hand from leader Patrice Bianchi , who fell with victory in his sights . |
| 4 | One minute a well-behaved group of us — writers , intellectuals and so forth — were contentedly watching Zelda Plum dancing with the chinchilla on her head while Ken the Australian Horse Player offered odds ( 'Six to four the rat , ’ he used to say , I do not know why , and on this particular evening the rat escaped and tripped up Robin Fox , London 's most distinguished theatrical agent , who fell on top of Wales 's friend , the actress Susan George ) and the next a squad of hooligans were pushing people around and conjuring a piece of pot from Mrs Mouse 's sewing basket . |
| 5 | As a result Denis hit old Jock Lennox by accident , who fell on top of Pat Kelly and spilled his drink . |
| 6 | The only person that she spoke to on the whole crossing was a young man who fell on top of her as she and he were going down the stairs : he was following her , two steps behind , when the boat gave a violent lurch and he missed his footing and crashed into her , and she too missed her footing , and they both sat down together upon the stairs . |
| 7 | The Society of Friends were equally severe about members who fell into debt . |
| 8 | She walked to the door , trying her hardest to ignore the man who fell into step beside her . |
| 9 | He himself denied that the former MI5 deputy director Guy Liddell was a Russian agent during the war and he also defended Sir Roger Hollis who fell under suspicion when he was director-general of the security services . |
| 10 | An amusing parallel in the film business is an account given by the director Ken Russell of how he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikowsky ; he described it to his potential backers as the story of a homosexual who fell in love with a nymphomaniac . |
| 11 | Who , for instance , could blame Edith and all the other girls in their mid-teens who fell in love with Christian boys and who lost their Jewishness along the way ? |
| 12 | ‘ After all , the man who fell in love with Princess Marama and left the paintings to Tiare was a Frenchman you might have heard of — Paul Gauguin . ’ |
| 13 | He saw himself as a man who fell in love , not one who had affairs . |
| 14 | There were soldiers who died bravely , and beautiful women who fell in love . |
| 15 | ‘ Our stock is carefully chosen to blend well into British homes , ’ explained director William Hiley , who fell in love with Indian style some years ago when he first travelled around India as a student . |
| 16 | My mother was the daughter of an English officer in the Indian police , who fell in love with a humble clerk in Jaffna and had the temerity to marry him . |
| 17 | It 's the real-life tale of a foolish young woman who fell in love with a handsome , no-good man , and had her life ruined because of it . |
| 18 | ONCE upon a time there was a stocky little ice skater who fell in love with her tall , fair-haired partner . |
| 19 | The bride , who fell in love with the former lecturer , as she helped nurse him back to health after his four-year ordeal as a captive , was radiant in a full-length , ivory raw silk dress , with a slit up the side . |
| 20 | ‘ She was a screen idol who fell in love , a goddess who sinned , a mother who would n't let go . |
| 21 | In the college dining room , the world war 2 honours board lists Captain PSV Heenan as a hero who fell in defence of his country . |
| 22 | Among its firmest advocates was the young economist Mr Valtr Komarek , who fell from favour after 1968 . |
| 23 | The ruthless punishment meted out to senior officials who fell from favour reflected the general lack of legal safeguards for life and property . |