Example sentences of "[verb] fallen [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Since DDI , the number of calls at Colchester General 's switchboard has fallen on average to 3,000 .
2 His argument was based on personal opinion , feelings and intuition though it does have a loose connection to Carl Gustav Jung 's theory of racial memory , which has fallen into disuse in modern times .
3 ‘ Along with the pay of other Civil Servants ’ , he says , ‘ mine has fallen behind inflation over the last few years .
4 The resource cost of producing BC of the good has fallen from BCHE to BCFE , a saving of EFH .
5 The record buyer who has fallen in love with the band , and goes to see them play , is often disappointed by a lacklustre show .
6 That she could not find a simple solution to the problems of women in marriage can be seen from two poems entitled ‘ Mira to Octavia ’ which advise a young woman who has fallen in love with an unsuitable man .
7 I am not in the least surprised that he has fallen in love with you . ’
8 Crawford played Kent , one of the boys who go on strike and threaten to burn down the gym when the headmaster decides to dismiss the teacher , who has fallen in love with his son — and whom he believes to be his illegitimate daughter .
9 ‘ Who says Nigel has fallen in love with me ? ’ said Juliet lightly .
10 Mrs Bird has fallen in love with a very rich man who has lots of servants and keeps birds said Paddington .
11 Despite the lines round her mouth and the flecks of grey in her hair , there was a bloom in her cheeks and her eyes shone like those of a girl who has fallen in love for the first time .
12 Leasing cars has fallen in popularity from two in 10 last year to less than one in 10 now .
13 Since the death of Tito in 1980 , and with the growing economic crisis , which is felt by Serbians to have particularly affected them ( although there is , in fact , little evidence that Serbia 's relative position has fallen in comparison with Yugoslavia as a whole ) , a growing number of Serb intellectuals have been looking back over the past and asking themselves whether Serbia was discriminated against under ‘ Titoist ’ rule .
14 He knew that he 'd fallen for bait like a fool .
15 It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else .
16 Then I met my husband and was sure I 'd fallen in love with him because he cared so much .
17 She 'd fallen in love with Antonio at first sight , but did n't trust his fidelity as a future husband .
18 However much she 'd fallen in love with Rohan , to him she was no more than a passing fancy , to be enjoyed then discarded .
19 But it had all happened so quickly — and I knew so little about you — except that I 'd fallen in love with you . ’
20 Had Silas realised she 'd fallen in love with him ?
21 And she was n't such a push-over she was going to melt just because she 'd fallen in love with a man with a heart of ice .
22 Perhaps he 'd fallen in love with the girl .
23 It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’
24 It was bad enough that she 'd fallen in love with the cold , glacial man she already knew him to be — if she were to suddenly discover a tender , humane element to his character , heaven help her .
25 He 'd fallen in love with the decorative arts of France of the 17th and 18th centuries and wanted to furnish his house in that style .
26 You may only have seen the property once , and for all sorts of emotive reasons , may have fallen in love with the place .
27 If he had been she would n't have fallen in love with him .
28 It 's now hoped that China having fallen into line with the other four , will end its support for the notorious Khmer Rouge guerrilla army .
29 All three have international sponsors , and Kapuscinski is to find out that the South Africans have invaded in the south of the country , having fallen in love with Savimbi .
30 Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it .
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