Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] fell [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , when he was invited to visit Bridgnorth ( Shropshire ) in early July , rival crowds made alternative bonfires , " where about one they drank Dr Sacheverell 's health and the other his confusion " , with the inevitable result that the two groups eventually fell to blows . |
| 2 | For the 1840's-50's this figure usually fell between £1,000 and £2,000 per month . |
| 3 | The whole complex then fell into disrepair . |
| 4 | M. soon fell into arrears with the rent . |
| 5 | All the work eventually fell on Gavin shoulders . |
| 6 | The West German Chancellor also fell into line with his French allies by agreeing that the Community should try to be ready to implement the economic union when the single market came fully into operation on January 1 , 1993 . |
| 7 | Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her . |
| 8 | As the fervour of the Cultural Revolution wound down , Chen too fell from favour , losing , it would seem , even Mao 's confidence . |
| 9 | In November overall imports actually fell to £9.6billion — 2.5 per cent down on October . |
| 10 | The worst scenario for Nicky , I imagined , would be if Enya suddenly fell in love with another producer . |
| 11 | World manufacturing rights eventually fell to ICI . |
| 12 | Following the decline of the Stockton to Darlington railway , the station gradually fell into disrepair and was repeatedly vandalised . |
| 13 | We could , for short periods of time , motivate our work force to achieve the objective which was our responsibility , but as soon as we left , things invariably fell to pieces again . |
| 14 | The effect of this lenience was that the yield of 4s. in the pound on landed incomes and 2s. 8d. on goods actually fell during Elizabeth 's reign — a period of rising prices and of growing prosperity for the propertied classes — from about £140,000 at the beginning of the reign to about £85,000 at the end . |
| 15 | In June and July 1989 statistics revealed a fall in industrial production and a rise in unemployment , and product prices and retail sales all fell in June . |
| 16 | Pre-tax profits slipped overall by 27pc to 1.025 billion Kroner and sales also fell by 1pc . |
| 17 | Because England had failed to qualify for the finals , the entire weight of the British media inevitably fell on Willie Johnson 's head . |
| 18 | The pulse rate subsequently fell to baseline values after gastroscopy in both the oxygen and air groups . |
| 19 | Wilhelm Pieck said of the Minority Movement : The most striking example of sectarianism in the trade union movement was provided in Great Britain where … the Communists adopted such unfortunate and sectarian tactics that the Minority Movement actually fell to pieces . |
| 20 | Despite Philip 's passionate interest in natural history , his father insisted that he should have a recognized profession , and the choice eventually fell upon medicine . |
| 21 | Payments soon fell below subsistence level . |
| 22 | The two men eventually fell into conversation , the late-comer explaining that he was a director of the railway company and that he was interested in a new branch line that was to be opened . |
| 23 | It was this vision of order that held his vast empire together and on his death the entire vision collapsed , and the realm rapidly fell into decay and disunity . |
| 24 | Diana nearly fell for con |
| 25 | Women , being closer to nature because of their biology , were more likely to be overcome by powerful feelings , and the burden therefore fell upon women to control themselves , for their good and for the good of all around them . |
| 26 | The rest of the conversation suddenly fell into place . |
| 27 | With many of the other leading generation engineers having taken positions as divisional controllers , he was difficult to replace , and responsibility as Pask 's deputy for generation thus fell to J. D. Peattie , an ex-CEB operations engineer , with little experience of the power station design side , and to other ex-CEB staff who had previously liaised with the undertakings on power station design . |
| 28 | The cheapness of the method , combined with the ease in ensuring that a particular colour would be identical in shade to the one used earlier , meant that plant dyes soon fell into disuse except in remote country areas . |
| 29 | The feudal levy now fell into disuse : it was summoned in 1327 , and then for the last time , and probably for financial reasons , in 1385 . |
| 30 | The effect of the Janata Dal split , and the earlier withdrawal of support by the BJP , had a major impact on a number of state governments , although no Chief Ministers actually fell during November as a result of the events at the centre . |