Example sentences of "[adv] fall [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 This idea has long since fallen out of favour ; it is much more likely that the two components of a pair were born at the same time and in the same region of space , from the same cloud of dust and gas .
2 In relation to churches serving other denominations , it has been the case until recently that Roman Catholic churches have rarely fallen out of use , although the general decline in religious observance is beginning to affect some of these buildings too .
3 Three times through the winter , Cascade had been within days of being fully formed , only to fall down at the last minute .
4 By Saturday they had both recovered sufficiently to fall in with the rest of the company for pay parade , waiting in a long queue to collect five shillings each from the paymaster .
5 The buildings around us were scorched by fire , their roofs long fallen in , the façades scored by shoals of bullets , shattered by artillery fire .
6 His hair was dark and long enough to fall over his eyebrows when it dropped forward .
7 It is n't good enough to fall back on a somewhat arbitrary list of subjects without specific aims .
8 SATELLITES : They are in SPACE and stay there by going so fast that they never stay in one place long enough to fall down .
9 Dandruff irritates too , but it is dull , flaky , and loose enough to fall out .
10 And er can can we scrape away to say Chairman that er , you know this , this , this situation er it is not to do with government policies , we are paying a very heavy price to this country for world recession as we have paid this very high price , very very large amounts of money that had to be used for people who are unfortunate enough to fall out of employment .
11 But in the last ten years , Britain 's butter consumption has suddenly fallen by about half , and margarine has reached a pinnacle of acceptance .
12 Sitting on the ground was Terry Porter who 'd apparently fallen over and cut his knee quite badly .
13 I 've no teeth now , and my hair has all fallen out , but I can still think — and remember .
14 And it can all fall through because theirs is falling through or they ca n't get out when you want and that can go on for Can it not ?
15 I hope it does n't all fall through .
16 You 'd better fall out before you say something you 'll regret . ’
17 Then you 'd better fall out again said the magician .
18 The most difficult requisite to produce was ‘ Conscience ’ for the struggles for political liberty had always been in the name of ‘ Rights ’ , and in this conflict , ‘ the other side of the civic relation naturally fell out of sight ’ .
19 At one point something heavy fell off or out of the dashboard on to Bob 's foot and rolled away beneath the seat with a metallic ring .
20 The roof literally fell in on Montreal last year when storms ripped off their Olympic Stadium 's retractable top , and they finished last in the National League East .
21 A photographic memory enabled him to avoid the obvious suspicions which Special Branch officers noting the proceedings obviously fell under at such meetings .
22 ROS : Madam , it so fell out that certain players We o'erraught on the way : of these we told him And there did seem in him a kind of joy To hear of it .
23 Contrast this optimism with Sir Richard Attenborough 's ( President of Arts for health ) description of West Middlesex University Hospital , a former workhouse : ‘ whole areas that looked like something out of a horror film ; the paint — under the onslaught of incurable rising damp , literally falling off — and plaster beneath erupting into monstrous carbuncles oozing slimy mould .
24 Theudebert and Theuderic , however , were soon to fall out , largely , according to Fredegar , at the instigation of their grandmother Brunhild .
25 He said : ‘ The delivery came very quickly and so suddenly Mrs Busuttil 's recollection is the baby just fell out onto the table or whatever it was she was lying on . ’
26 Think of the mother whose child has just fallen over and grazed his knee — what does she do ?
27 ooh she 's just fallen over
28 On the other hand , it might have been loose anyway and just fallen off .
29 Lambert , limping badly , wore a French police helmet , and Dangerfield was wiping mud from his eyes : he had just fallen down .
30 And I heard one woman in the audience say , ‘ Look , her hair pins have just fallen out . ’
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