Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] fell [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For the 1840's-50's this figure usually fell between £1,000 and £2,000 per month .
2 The whole complex then fell into disrepair .
3 M. soon fell into arrears with the rent .
4 All the work eventually fell on Gavin shoulders .
5 The West German Chancellor also fell into line with his French allies by agreeing that the Community should try to be ready to implement the economic union when the single market came fully into operation on January 1 , 1993 .
6 Richard squinted up at the sun then fell into step beside her .
7 Following the decline of the Stockton to Darlington railway , the station gradually fell into disrepair and was repeatedly vandalised .
8 The pulse rate subsequently fell to baseline values after gastroscopy in both the oxygen and air groups .
9 Wilhelm Pieck said of the Minority Movement : The most striking example of sectarianism in the trade union movement was provided in Great Britain where … the Communists adopted such unfortunate and sectarian tactics that the Minority Movement actually fell to pieces .
10 Despite Philip 's passionate interest in natural history , his father insisted that he should have a recognized profession , and the choice eventually fell upon medicine .
11 It was this vision of order that held his vast empire together and on his death the entire vision collapsed , and the realm rapidly fell into decay and disunity .
12 Women , being closer to nature because of their biology , were more likely to be overcome by powerful feelings , and the burden therefore fell upon women to control themselves , for their good and for the good of all around them .
13 The rest of the conversation suddenly fell into place .
14 With many of the other leading generation engineers having taken positions as divisional controllers , he was difficult to replace , and responsibility as Pask 's deputy for generation thus fell to J. D. Peattie , an ex-CEB operations engineer , with little experience of the power station design side , and to other ex-CEB staff who had previously liaised with the undertakings on power station design .
15 The feudal levy now fell into disuse : it was summoned in 1327 , and then for the last time , and probably for financial reasons , in 1385 .
16 Real income actually fell on average for the five years to September 1978 .
17 It is striking that federal spending on research and development into energy was halved in the 1980s ; R&D into renewable energy alone fell from $700m in 1981 to $115m in 1989 .
18 The small tenant and peasant easily fell into debt : in the Levante , huertas to the merchants of the ports ; in Castile , to the corn merchants ; in Galicia , to the lawyers .
19 In the East the ransom view also fell into disuse , but the Devil remained as a major opponent to be defeated by Christ on the cross .
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