Example sentences of "fell [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps you 'd be an even more valuable member of our gathering if you 'd read a little more Silence fell as the animals considered Owl 's remarks . |
| 2 | The experience curve itself was developed from the concept of the learning curve , which had been used for many years in industries where it was observed that labour time fell as the workforce accumulated experience in producing more of a particular type of unit . |
| 3 | It was not mam , oh , it was her features and her wispy greying hair that fell about the thin face , but her mother no longer inhabited the thin frame , the light had been extinguished and all that was left was a shell . |
| 4 | How did you fell about the Church of England and the |
| 5 | At length his other hand stole forward to play with the copper tresses that fell about the pillows . |
| 6 | America 's industrial production fell for the fourth successive month in January , by 0.4% , to give a 12-month decline of 0.9% . |
| 7 | The broad measure , M3 , grew by only 1% in the 12 months to December , and actually fell for the last three months of 1990 . |
| 8 | But she longed for a little more excitement , and fell for the glitter of work as a croupier in one of the city 's casinos . |
| 9 | They fell for the stratagem and the plot was resumed . |
| 10 | His chances of defending a frail total of 226 slipped away with the steady rain that fell for the last two hours . |
| 11 | UNEMPLOYMENT fell for the third consecutive month in April , by 1,400 . |
| 12 | Corporate bankruptcies in Japan fell for the second month , but were still up 7.5% in the first four months of 1993 . |
| 13 | The afternoon started with some bold blows by Fleming , but he was spectacularly caught by Nicholas , leaping high at mid-off , and the last wickets fell for the addition of only 30 runs in four overs . |
| 14 | M. Chaillot fell for the ruse . |
| 15 | He was on stage for most of the first act , and it was only when the curtain fell for the interval that he could concentrate on anything other than the play . |
| 16 | He pitied the poor mutt who ever fell for the face and the figure and who thought there was something behind them to match their perfection . |
| 17 | Your comment was made in a week when manufacturing output fell for the seventh successive quarter and unemployment rose for the 23rd successive month . |
| 18 | As a result of the bad weather , the Royal Bank of Scotland 's oil index fell for the second consecutive month to 114.5 , the second lowest January since the index began ten years ago . |
| 19 | Within this overall picture of general satisfaction , it should be noted that — among the main types of credit — fewer people were very satisfied with HP arrangements than with credit cards , shop accounts and mail order ; money loans fell between the two . |
| 20 | It fell between the bunks and clattered dully in its landing . |
| 21 | The hot sun fell between the buildings throwing great shadows , the trees dotted along the road waved greenly reminding Emily of home . |
| 22 | The incidence of crowd misbehaviour reached a high point before the First World War , fell between the two World Wars , and continued to fall until the late-1950s , since when it continued to increase quite rapidly ( Dunning et al. , 1982 ; 1984 ) . |
| 23 | As the ball fell between the two Scots , Karlheinz Riedle arrived with clear knowledge of where it was going and quickly dispatched it . |
| 24 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |
| 25 | This was more than it fell during the same stage of both the 1973–75 and 1981–82 recessions , but less than the short , sharp fall in 1980 . |
| 26 | Wickets fell during the afternoon and , with the final twenty overs approaching , there were three wickets left and it was up to Gower and Downton . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm told that nine inches of rain fell during the twenty-four hours prior to the flood , and that five of those inches were in one single hour , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Holdings of around one third were common in the 1970s , but the proportion fell during the boom in equities in the 1980s and is now down to 9% . |
| 29 | Rain fell during the night at Newbury but gusting winds mean the going remains soft , with good to soft patches in the home straight . |
| 30 | In contrast , the 1989 ozone level was 15 per cent less than 1988 as frequent rains fell during the summer in the eastern United States ( and the 1990 level was 1 per cent lower than 1989 ) . |