Example sentences of "and fell [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He unseated his rider once and fell at the 7th in the Cheltenham Gold Cup .
2 The ferry was in ; it rose and fell on the swelling Grönsund .
3 The scarf came away and fell on the floor , twisted in a multiple S.
4 Jo ran straight up to her room and fell on the bed .
5 It sailed out of the horizontally opening window and fell on the bowler hat of a ratepayer on the street underneath .
6 He rose and fell on the sickening see-saw of his terror and delight .
7 The pound fell and fell on the foreign exchange markets .
8 Suddenly there was a crash as the horse slipped and fell on the ice , bringing down its rider .
9 And when my horse slipped and fell on the ice , a little figure appeared and insisted on helping me .
10 They rose and fell on the beach of silence .
11 On the live Bishop the silver pectoral cross rose and fell on the purple cassock .
12 His eyes raked her still half-naked limbs and fell on the sheet beneath her .
13 As they stepped out into the sunshine Mena Iskander 's reticule slipped and fell on the ground .
14 It struck his arm and fell to the floor , spilling out its dark contents .
15 They closed , lost balance and fell to the ground , rolling , kicking , punching , hands reaching for each other 's throats .
16 Ranetta Sen , 13 , was running along a corridor to her next class when she crashed into a wall and fell to the floor .
17 He put his hands out and fell to the floor , as if to do fingertip push-ups .
18 The more sophisticated projects drawn up by Speransky in 1809 and Novosiltsev in 1819 were made at Alexander 's instigation and fell to the ground the moment he lost enthusiasm .
19 He was hit in the face , he thought by the appellant , and fell to the ground .
20 Grace swung her handbag in recognition , and a ball of wool jerked out and fell to the gutter .
21 They glanced off the puppet 's head and fell to the floor .
22 She gave a cry , and fell to the ground , unconscious .
23 Suddenly , Oliver fainted and fell to the floor .
24 Detchard moved towards me again , stepped in the doctor 's blood on the floor — and fell to the ground himself .
25 She gave a cry and fell to the floor .
26 The Beech Naiad let out a last cry of desolation , and fell to the floor .
27 She laughed hysterically as Piper grunted with pain and fell to the deck .
28 The ball of paper hit the lip of the basket and fell to the floor .
29 Then I fainted and fell to the floor .
30 Foaming liquid sprayed above the dancers ' heads and fell to the floor with the dry rattle of earth sprinkled on wood .
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