Example sentences of "she fall [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , why had she fallen asleep ? |
| 2 | Did she fall asleep over the wheel ? |
| 3 | I sort of sit by her bed till she falls asleep . |
| 4 | This means that she falls asleep in the car on the way to the airport and can not be woken except by a party of electricians returning from Corfu , who put her in a baggage trolley and push her the length of the terminal building at speeds of up to fifteen miles per hour . |
| 5 | The minute you mention the word ‘ sex ’ she falls asleep . |
| 6 | Now Mr and Mrs Jones believe it is easier not to press and to wait until she falls asleep on the settee before taking her to bed ( usually about 11 pm ) . |
| 7 | She falls asleep like someone yielding to the gentle tug of a warm tide , and floats with confidence till morning . |
| 8 | In the car she falls asleep . |
| 9 | If , when bed time comes , she falls asleep with a smile on her face , fair enough , but no dreams of a return to Downing Street please ! |
| 10 | The way she falls asleep She sounds like Bill when she snores . |
| 11 | ought really to be one parent in a two-parent family but must not actually be permitted to starve if she falls short of this ideal ; |
| 12 | She 's very muddly and disorganized and I can see so clearly where she falls wrong … when I lived at home it was always a bit of a nightmare because I was always trying to get things straight . |
| 13 | She falls silent . |
| 14 | As a last resort , Griselda tried to run for it , but of course her bootlaces were tied together so she fell flat on her back . |
| 15 | She fell asleep dreaming dragonflies . |
| 16 | She fell asleep . |
| 17 | She fell asleep . |
| 18 | She was not afraid of the dark , because when she was very little Maggie had had the last few scales of Fenna 's tail to suck on while she fell asleep . |
| 19 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 20 | Fluff continued to look after Titch , and even when she grew and became Big Titch , she never forgot her first friend , and they shared a basket , though she persecuted everyone else — feline and human — giving them no peace until she fell asleep , having worn out herself and everyone else . |
| 21 | She fell asleep with a smile on her face , and dreamt of Tom . |
| 22 | Sniffing , she fell asleep herself . |
| 23 | It was lucky for her that she was so busy just then , as she had little time to think during the day , and at night she was so tired that she fell asleep directly she got into bed . |
| 24 | However , she fell asleep at last , and Breeze took this to mean that the burn must be less serious than it appeared . |
| 25 | What if she fell asleep ? |
| 26 | Ricky put an arm round her shoulders , but made no pass and eventually she fell asleep . |
| 27 | After a shamingly large second supper of chicken , sweetcorn and cake , a vast vodka and tonic and half a bottle of red wine , at one o'clock in the morning the chatter suddenly turned into the Frogsmore Stream running under Snow Cottage and she fell asleep until six to find the chatter going on as loud as ever . |
| 28 | But any hope he might have had of sliding his arm round her and trying a tentative first kiss on the drive home was scotched when she fell asleep the moment she got into the car . |
| 29 | After the second time she fell asleep , on her front , her face against his chest . |
| 30 | She fell asleep at last , but in no time at all the pain in her back wakened her again ; insistent , demanding . |