Example sentences of "fell [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Kelly , who joined the club last year from Hartlepool Burn Road , finished in 16th place in 65 mins 37 secs , while England fell runner Robin Bergstrand was second counter in 19th place in 66.09 .
2 FRIENDS fed Anthony Gray a load of codswallop during a fishing trip.His fishy tale of finding a missing gold wristwatch inside a cod 's stomach appears to be a wind-up.National and local papers , television and radio crews fell hook , line and sinker , for the 29-year-old Sizewell B steel erector 's story , but the EADT decided to investigate the claims further.Mr Gray found the watch in the belly of a fish which he landed at Aldeburgh .
3 If I could no longer eidetik effectively , had my status as apprentice and licentiate of the Brahmin of the Banal been removed at one fell stroke ?
4 In re-uniting Marxism and nationalism under the anti-imperialist banner , Castro succeeded at one fell stroke where the Communist parties had failed for years .
5 Emergency services , fell search and rescue teams and RAF and Royal Navy helicopters were called in after a driver reported seeing a light aircraft flying just feet above his vehicle in the area between Consett and the Derwent Reservoir .
6 After expressing astonishment at this turn up for the book , gazing round and saying things such as ‘ By my halidom , sir knight , ’ and ‘ Gadzooks , fell work shall be done this sennight , ’ they took grimly to hewing and slaying Krooms left , right and centre by the baker 's dozen .
7 On a wet day , eyeing the lanes of traffic before crossing to the hospital , I caught my toe in a paving-stone and fell fiat .
8 The old wall was not removed , but fell intro disrepair , disappearing over the years .
9 Nearly all the Sundays fell back more or less steeply later in the period , however .
10 Reading , particularly science fiction , travelling , and fell walking .
11 This would nicely round off a particularly satisfying day of sustained high level fell walking .
12 We have a new order of things now , with rock climbing becoming a separate activity sharing little common ground with those other activities with which it has been traditionally linked : mountaineering , alpinism , big wall climbing and fell walking .
13 ‘ We are swimming , playing golf and fell walking , but we 'll be back training on Wednesday . ’
14 The main party is subdivided into smaller groups which , under the direction of fully qualified instructors , take part in canoeing , rock climbing , abseiling , pony trekking and fell walking .
15 Their wings were chained and across their grim faces fell metal bars and from behind them rose the howling of wolves and the terrible roaring of caged beasts .
16 ’ They kidnapped Richard ‘ and smytinge the said Margerie so being with childe that she fell downe as a dead woman there they let her lye , the which was the cause of the saide childe 's deth . ’
17 Alexander only grimaced , farted , then fell head forward into a drunken sleep .
18 I was only 14 when I first fell head over heels for Don .
19 They fell head over heels in love and my real Mother returned .
20 It was n't just the usual liaison : the two of them fell head over heels in love .
21 Terrified , the giant backed away from them as they came towards him and fell head first over the crag , never to be seen again .
22 With Keith , I fell head over heels in love with him from the first time we met , and I 'd only been going out with him two weeks and he asked me to get engaged .
23 She took a couple of steps on the highly polished floor and fell head over everything , put out her hands to break the inevitable fall , and heard the sickening snaps as she hit the deck .
24 We met , fell head over heels in love in a shockingly short time , and were still in love thirty years later when he died . ’
25 Tonight one theory is the baby was tipped out of the pushchair by an older child , and fell head first onto the tiled floor .
26 There was a mighty splash and he fell head first into the river and he did n't come up again .
27 The first movement is more like a punishing Lakeland fell race than a spiritually reviving walk through the woods and meadows near Heiligenstadt .
28 Two balls later , Best fell lbw to a shooter , and the next ball clipped Dujon 's off-stump .
29 But Barnett denied Garnham his half century as he missed a full toss and fell lbw .
30 Bartlett fell lbw to Batty for 37 and without addition Lathwell was stunningly caught one handed at mid-off by Batty to bring Carrick a wicket .
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