Example sentences of "a [noun sg] fall on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some houses were damaged and a shell fell on the church of Santa Clara . |
| 2 | In the same 1943 raid , Torquay was also bombed again and the deaf centre escaped with minor blast damage when a bomb fell on the St. Marychurch building a few yards up the road , killing 18 children who were in the building . |
| 3 | In 1941 a bomb fell on the College and it was thought to be the end of Halling Man but the bones were found with the relative animal bones and sent to the British Museum ( Natural History ) . |
| 4 | Duclos was watching grimly from astride his horse , and a hush fell on the compound when he rose in his stirrups and lifted his own stave from its leather scabbard as a signal to the cai to begin . |
| 5 | A hush fell on the graveyard . |
| 6 | A silence fell on the room , and its increasing heaviness made her heave herself up from the couch and take the three steps to throw herself on to the seat beside him ; and to put an arm around his shoulder and say , ‘ Come on , lad , come on . |
| 7 | [ T ] he onus of proving a sham falls on the defendant and , in our judgment , the parties ' subsequent conduct affords … no sufficient support to his case in this respect … |