Example sentences of "[pers pn] fall into [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would you kindly explain to me why you have allowed a confidential document belonging to me to fall into the hands of a junior member of my staff ? ’ |
| 2 | One teacher 's despair may tempt them to fall into the ‘ rescuer ’ role ; other teachers may strike them as ineffective so that the supporters become judgmentally prescriptive with those ‘ why do n't you … ’ bits of advice that can make things worse by letting the teacher feel how others can handle them better . |
| 3 | We would also not want them to fall into the hands of children . ’ |
| 4 | He unfastened them without haste , still smiling , tossed sword and sheath out from him through the trefoil opening , and let them fall into the presbytery . |
| 5 | Or have I fallen into the trap of seeing a dozen cases of doubt and declaring a universal epidemic ? |
| 6 | I fell into a swimming pool . |
| 7 | Falling under the spell of the story-teller , perched on a stool , I fell into a trance as the woodcarver talked and whittled , whittled and talked . |
| 8 | I felt exhausted when I climbed into bed and I fell into a deep sleep from which I awoke next morning refreshed and happier . |
| 9 | By the time this chore was finished , I was so tired I fell into a doze on the veranda , dreaming of a Gauguin nude of Aleena 's grandmother , and then of a painting of Tiare and her daughter , and then how easy it would be if they could all come and live with me and we could just hang the pictures on the walls and enjoy them . |
| 10 | I replied that of course such decisions were entirely his prerogative , then I fell into a musing mood and sought to recall something Rosa had asked me the previous week about English social customs . |
| 11 | I fell into a lane . |
| 12 | When I went up to investigate it the floor caved in beneath me and I fell into the middle of all those nasty plants . ’ |
| 13 | I fell into the conservation trap again with a Sydney chiropractor concerning native , and non-native , birds in Australia . |
| 14 | Ducking under their grasp , I fell into the garden , staggered up , running already , dodging a flying kick from Ernest , and was away down the path . |
| 15 | I fell into an unhappy sleep , but when I woke in the morning , the family had gone . |
| 16 | I fall into the occasional thigh-deep drift and expend a great deal of effort in escaping . |
| 17 | And if I fall into the pulse at the start of a piece of music it is a physical joy . |
| 18 | The phone is ringing as I fumble with the key , my bladder is bursting and as I fall into the room I 'm undecided which call to answer first . |
| 19 | You come around here every week with whatever chick you fell into the sack with the night before and you 're giving me a morality lecture ! |
| 20 | ‘ And they say that after the Conablaiche would come the Lad of the Skins , ’ said the soldier , and a sudden silence fell , because everyone knew about the Lad of the Skins and the Knife of Light , and how , if you fell into the Lad 's clutches , he would take your soul and you would be thrown for ever into the Prison of Hostages . |
| 21 | Suddenly , Damian said thickly , ‘ The night I came to your flat in London , you fell into the door with Radcliffe . |
| 22 | She 's wrong because she falls into the latter category . |
| 23 | Mrs Zamzam listed the villages through which she travelled — Al Naher , Al Kabil , Al Nahalie , Tashiha and Al Dear — and then she fell into a kind of swoon , wailing as if she was mourning a husband or son and holding her hands to her face . |
| 24 | Left alone now , she fell into a troubled sleep and a dream in which her father was decapitating men in the back yard , and one of them was the nice young man whose name she did n't know nor from where he came . |
| 25 | A few days after the birth she fell into a post-natal depression . |
| 26 | She fell into a trance and for about five hours received fifteen consecutive visions and revelations in which she saw Christ , the Virgin Mary and the Trinity itself and heard Jesus ' explanations of these ‘ showings ’ . |
| 27 | She fell into a sudden awkward silence . |
| 28 | Finally , she fell into a lake and her friends saved her because she was so good , and they loved her so much . |
| 29 | Gradually she fell into a dream . |
| 30 | He hit her violently several times , on both sides of the head , and she fell into a chair , trembling . |