Example sentences of "fell [adv prt] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wetherall then stumbled and fell over on the appalling pitch in the centre of the 6 yard box ( as he was correctly keeping his eye on the incoming ball ) . |
| 2 | ‘ White spent much of his life balanced on the boundary between crankiness and brilliance , ’ continues Girouard ; ‘ in the end he fell off on the wrong side , and a large proportion of his last years were wasted in trying to prove that Shakespeare was Bacon . |
| 3 | Unfortunately this fell out on the third ascent . |
| 4 | Celia fell back on the only excuse she felt able to make . |
| 5 | When he was told that what he had said was all very well but a bit negative , he fell back on the 13 wasted years that he has been in opposition . |
| 6 | She lost her balance and fell back on the old iron bedstead , pulling the old woman off her feet . |
| 7 | She released him and he fell back on the crumpled bedclothes to stare up at her at first blankly . |