Example sentences of "[noun] fall [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the church band — two clarionets , a serpent , a bassoon and an ill-tempered violoncello — brought much vigour to the services ; after the harmonies of King 's their enthusiasm fell stridently on the Rector 's ear . |
| 2 | He stroked the horse gently ; then letting his cloak fall softly to the ground , with one leap securely mounted him . |
| 3 | The belly swells out under the belt , but the skirt falls thence to the feet free of the legs , and its simple cylinder , fanning out over the feet , is closely channelled in vertical folds which contrast with the smooth cloak ( a scheme of oriental origin ) . |
| 4 | Basal plasma gastrin concentrations fell significantly after the eradication of H pylori ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 5 | Shipments by the Japanese personal computer industry fell again in the year to March 31 , extending the then unprecedented decline of the previous year : total personal computer and peripheral shipments fell 10% in value to $9,540m , the Japan Electronic Industries Development Association said ; the previous fiscal , sales fell 7% ; domestic ships fell 13% to $7,065m , but exports were less hit , falling 1% to $2,448m ; exports of notebook computers grew particularly well . |
| 6 | The pound fell heavily on the foreign exchanges to close down at one dollar , forty-three and down at two marks , thirty-six . |
| 7 | The words fell harshly into the silence and Emily looked at her cousin in disbelief . |
| 8 | The men 's super-giant slalom was cancelled after snow fell heavily on the Kotakakura piste . |
| 9 | When his trophy fell ungratefully to the floor it almost certainly woke up comics like Chaplin and Keaton and Morecambe while they were turning in their graves . |
| 10 | Sales of units fell sharply after the crash of October 1987 . |
| 11 | At the beginning of October , as the German Bundesbank took no immediate steps to reduce interest rates , both the British and Italian currencies fell sharply against the deutschmark , but then recovered . |
| 12 | Perhaps more importantly the Merseyside Crime Survey ( MCS ) showed clearly that the impact of crime fell disproportionately on the elderly and the poor : |
| 13 | He nodded avidly in affirmation of his train of thought and turned so that the light fell directly on the front of his body . |
| 14 | As in a fairy-story , when the great man entered the room where the models were displayed , his eyes fell immediately on the glittering and finely crafted work of the youngest and least known of the competitors . |
| 15 | Then her eyes fell briefly on the painting her grandmother had given her . |
| 16 | Her eyes fell irresistibly to the firm , broad chest , the gleam of hard , taut muscle and then he was pulling her to him , kissing her mouth , her neck , the base of her throat , finding the clasp of her bra , discarding it , so that her breasts hung heavy and exposed , aching with longing and desire . |
| 17 | bit this traffic because there 's snow falling all over the county there are going to be people erm in all sorts of er er problems . |
| 18 | That means close and clear , the light falling directly into the cowl . |
| 19 | He had seen too many waves fall harmlessly upon the shore . |
| 20 | Scotland has steadily declined throughout ; Northern Ireland fell steeply in the nineteenth century since when it has been relatively stable . |
| 21 | In this case the request for help falls somewhere between the extremes of the Glasgow dustmen 's strike and straight humanitarian operations such as rescuing people from snowdrifts . |
| 22 | We hope to have shown , without further analysis , how the burden of interpretation in this passage falls principally on the reader 's response to foregrounding . |
| 23 | Gradually the sun fell away behind the trees on Three Island Pond whose shadows slowly lengthened towards the Cages . |
| 24 | Meridian fell apart on the penalties and Woodmill went through to make their fourth appearance in the final . |
| 25 | Last year talks with IBM fell apart as the computer behemoth 's own fortunes collapsed . |
| 26 | The skinhead fell backwards into the BMW and the bomb exploded in the car , spewing its liquid of flaming death . |
| 27 | The flare fell away to the port side , and went into the sea . |
| 28 | The plot fell apart on the way . |
| 29 | She was anxious not to make a noise , but even though her feet fell softly into the leaves strewing the path the wood was so still and silent that she really felt as if she were thudding through the wood . |
| 30 | The beck falls away under the bridge here in a short cascade and it was a pleasant spot to sit watching clouds crossing the sky and the breeze shaking the delicate water avens on the bank . |