Example sentences of "it fall [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has it fallen off the roof ? |
| 2 | Terror gripped her so completely that she was incapable of opening it and let it fall to the floor where — she very nearly followed it in a faint . |
| 3 | Behind the scenes Paula slipped out of one outfit , letting it fall to the floor , and reached for the next , hanging in the correct order on her clothes rail . |
| 4 | Then he unpinned the length of chiffon and let it fall to the floor . |
| 5 | He turned her to face him , then untied the silk from her eyes , letting it fall to the ground . |
| 6 | She watched as if dreaming as he untied his kilt , all he was wearing , and let it fall to the warm ground beneath them . |
| 7 | In a business where fees are usually paid on a success only , rather than an hourly , basis , this may come a bit hard to people who have worked hard for two or three months on a deal only to see it fall at the last hurdle . |
| 8 | Even in defeat Germany was too valuable — strategically and economically — for either East or West to let it fall into the hands of the other . |
| 9 | He lifted her arm again and then let it fall onto the sheet . |
| 10 | Roy shrugged off his own coat while still sitting , letting it fall over the back of his chair . |
| 11 | He lit a book match and let it fall among the tangle . |
| 12 | If it does not , as seems to be the case , can it fall within the advertising authority 's requirement for truthfulness ? |
| 13 | As it falls toward the unseen companion , it develops a spiral motion ( rather like water running out of a bath ) , and it gets very hot , emitting X rays ( Fig. 6.3 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ But if it falls below the 2.95 level against the Deutschemark , sterling will plummet . |
| 15 | Based on that because it falls below the |
| 16 | Erm and then any domestic policy which affects the outside , so that 's a projection of domestic interests erm into the outside world , so I 'll show you what I 've written down and it 's influenced by what you 've got in that book by Clarke , I 'm afraid it falls off the end a bit , foreign policy is a government activity concerned with relations between the state and other actors in the international arena , that should be . |
| 17 | Most of the time it falls on the troops from the sky , while they try to sleep in some half-filled trench . |
| 18 | The thick canopy of leaves and branches disperse the rainwater so that it falls on the ground softly and evenly , avoiding floods . |
| 19 | This is limited because the light from the l.e.d. spreads out and only a fraction of it falls on the detector . |
| 20 | The desire that he felt for Bowler , and which he admitted to David Tindle while this portrait was in progress , is made palpable in the finished work through the gentle , even pressure of the dusky light as it falls on the sitter 's head , hands and feet . |
| 21 | Following a shot of his diminishing body in black silhouette as it falls on the background roof ( the viewpoint is vertical from above ) , we actually see the other half of the matte itself repeat the action as his body falls , a diminishing form on a blank background — possibly a unique example of this type of effect and audacious even for Hitchcock . |
| 22 | It falls on the whole rheme or part of it ; for example , in John was appointed Chairman , the tonic accent will normally fall on Chairman : |
| 23 | Thus if the goods are damaged or stolen this loss falls on the seller if it occurs before property has passed ; otherwise it falls on the buyer . |
| 24 | In one sense all indirect taxation is hardly equitable because it falls on the rich and the poor , like the old saying the rain , it raineth every day upon the rich and just and unjust fellow . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , the JMP-1 has no input on the back and so in some ways it falls at the final fence , because I ca n't really see how you can set it up to work in a neat and user-friendly rack ; you 'd have to wire the thing up every time you gigged it . |
| 26 | A central organ such as the Training Authority naturally finds it difficult to relax its hold completely but , unless it can ‘ command ’ the situation , it falls to the mercies of local ‘ market ’ economies . |
| 27 | They are not gaining financially but there is a cost involved and it falls to the NHS . |
| 28 | The Labour leader has to do that after the Budget — an art Neil Kinnock never mastered — but it falls to the Shadow Chancellor to reply to the Autumn Statement . |
| 29 | It falls to the floor , an ugly little lump of metal , and the boys sit transfixed for minutes before they eat again . |
| 30 | Once the basic idea for the advertisement has been agreed , it falls to the art director , in consultation with the writer , to bring it to life visually in commercials , advertisements , and printed material such as brochures and leaflets , and point of sale — material , which are show cards and other items for display actually in the stores . |