Example sentences of "and fell through " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was done by a series of pas marchés each of which softly rose and fell through her feet from toe to heel . |
| 2 | ‘ He went to Sam 's boatyard and fell through some floorboards and was nearly drowned … |
| 3 | As he left the pitch he blacked out and fell through a glass door , cutting his hand . |
| 4 | The clothes , the buildings , the pitch and intonation of voices speaking Amharic ; the smell of rancid butter , of red peppers and burning cow dung that permeated the town ; the packs of savage dogs that roamed the streets and whose howling rose and fell through the night ; an occasional corpse hanging on the gallows-tree ; beggars who had lost a hand or foot for theft ; debtors and creditors wandering round chained together ; strings of donkeys bringing in firewood ; caravans of mules ; the crowded market where men and women squatted on the ground , selling earthen pots , lengths of cloths , skins , cartridges , bars of salt , silver ornaments , heaps of grain , vegetables , beer — all this combined to create a scene and an atmosphere unlike any other in the world . |
| 5 | ‘ He was having a bath , and climbed to the end of the tub and fell through the window . |
| 6 | The boy , who was not named , was retrieving a ball from the roof of Our Lady of Good Hope School in South Drive , Wavertree , when he slipped and fell through a plastic skylight into the toilet area of the school . |