Example sentences of "fall [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | No snow had fallen during our stay at Glastonbury but the sky was growing overcast and threatening . |
2 | Her hat lay beside her and she found that her piled-up fair hair had been released and had fallen about her face . |
3 | I know you say she 's very nice but she ca n't be all that special or you 'd have fallen for her donkeys ' years ago . |
4 | Now I 've fallen for my stepfather , Jim . |
5 | ‘ If he was that smart , Viola , he would never have fallen for your little game . |
6 | Adam may have fallen for your charms , but I 've got a clear head and I 'm immune . ’ |
7 | You made it plain from the moment you met me that you were available , but you miscalculated if you imagined I 'd fallen for your little scheme . ’ |
8 | So you can see how they 're looking , see if they 're going pale a bit or if they 're going to fall off their chair and talk and reassure them . |
9 | I promise not to fall for your boss , Victoria , OK ? |
10 | Hollywood 's golden girl , Julia Roberts , has fallen off her high heeled shoes with her latest starring vehicle . |
11 | The towel had fallen off her hair , and the damp red-golden waves fell across her eyes in a tousled curtain . |
12 | Among the more interesting snippets which Norma chose to share with the electorate was the fact that her washing machine had gone on the blink , a button had fallen off her jacket — but , hey ! — she sewed it back on . |
13 | The embossed iron doors were rusting and one of them had fallen off its hinges . |
14 | I had a chip incidentally fallen off your plate . |
15 | It 's fallen off my stick ! |
16 | Sir Brian is loud-mouthing Sir Bernard , who is assaulting the other five with caustic wit ; Sir Oliver has fallen off his mount ( pissed ) , Sir Keith ( famed for sartorial elegance ) is annoyed about the dragon blood on his armour ; Sir Kenneth has lost his specs and makes a quixotic charge in the wrong direction ; and Sir Malcolm is miffed by all this disorderly conduct . |
17 | Farmer Colin points out that this selfless operation is always carried out with a complete lack of regard for personal safety and reminds the committee that Josh has several times fallen off his load just outside the King 's Head . |
18 | But even if there had been no dust , smoke or snow , he would still have been unable to see it , because he was now lying on the floor beside the window , having fallen off his chair . |
19 | And now , to set the seal on this disastrous year , the member of parliament for Frizingley , old Charlie Bowen , who had been John-William 's man and Ben Braithwaite 's man and knew exactly what he had to do to earn the money they paid him , had fallen off his horse — the damned fool — and broken his neck . |
20 | Of course , they did n't fall for my cursed excuse , so I then tried going into sharp reverse to avoid the dreaded twice-weekly occurrence . |
21 | Looked like you were gon na fall off your chair . |
22 | I think you did fall off your bed . |
23 | She put it around her neck and let the points fall between her breasts . |
24 | He takes a coin , spins it , let it fall between his feet . |
25 | Nicholas 's government underrated the concern felt by Britain , France , and her traditional ally Austria over Russia 's growing influence in the Balkans , and above all over the possibility that Constantinople might fall under her sway . |
26 | would they also fall under your general control ? |
27 | Would that we could fall into her arms without falling into her hands . ’ |
28 | Instead of seeing Hollywood as a powerful rival to be confronted and challenged , British producers have too often looked upon the US film industry as a much-wooed lady who will one day fall into their arms . |
29 | The Dark Elves were too strong and it looked as if the Everqueen , the spiritual leader of Ulthuan , would fall into their clutches . |
30 | ‘ You mean you think all you have to say is you believe me and I 'll fall into your arms ? ’ |