Example sentences of "and fall [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In places the accumulated plaster of years , too heavy to bear its own weight , had cracked and crumbled , and fallen to the ground before her brush like broken china . |
| 2 | Sea levels have risen and fallen with the coming and going of the ice ages as they have everywhere else . |
| 3 | I learned afterwards that Mrs McLaren was in the habit of getting up and going to bed so early that night was confused with day ; and having an idea that she must get a message to the man who did her garden , she had gone out before it was light , lost her way , and fallen into the brook , where she was found by a man walking to work . |
| 4 | Quite how it happened he was not sure , but at some point he had slipped and fallen into the canal . |
| 5 | If the ring had not captured and ruined Gollum 's mind , he would never have been overcome by desire of it and hence he would not have snatched the Ring and fallen into the Cracks of Doom , the only place the Ring can be destroyed . |
| 6 | We are both exalted and fallen at the same time : sinful and yet given unique status in the universe of things . |
| 7 | It was noted however and then the theory was that perhaps you had stumbled when you were out walking and fallen in the river . |
| 8 | The sight of , say , a field of corn interspersed with poppies on a sunny day did n't move me ; the spectacle of a woman who had slipped and fallen in the street did n't move me — either to sympathy or to ridicule . |
| 9 | The first he knew that something was up was when one of the first arrivals had suddenly tripped and fallen in the undergrowth , cursing softly as he did so , only a few yards from the hide . |
| 10 | It was luxury to stretch out , to groan , to relax … and to fall into the deepest slumber of my life … |
| 11 | If we allow Korea to go by default and to fall within the Soviet orbit , the world will feel that we have lost another round in our match with the Soviet Union , and our prestige and the hopes of those who place their faith in us will suffer accordingly … . |
| 12 | Although the first law of kung fu fighting states that you should , if possible , always keep two feet on the ground , circumstances arise in which a student may slip and fall to the floor , or fail to stop a strike and be knocked to the ground as a result . |
| 13 | ‘ Apparently he was having a race round the deck with one of his friends and managed to slip and fall down the stairs . ’ |
| 14 | However , legal work tends to rise and fall with the prosperity of the country : people avoid litigation in hard times . |
| 15 | The vapour might condense and fall on the slopes as a new sort of lubricant snow . |
| 16 | The shortest priced favourite can stumble and fall at the very first fence while the 100–1 outsider can achieve the ultimate glory . |
| 17 | They ordered calvados and played canards , dipping the sugar cubes in the tawny liquid so that the surfaces just met , the liqueur drawn up through the sugar , flushing and softening it until at just the right moment , a split second before the sweetness might dissolve and fall into the drink and spoil it , you tipped your head back and took the lump on your tongue and either let it melt there , or gnashed the singingly sweet grit of the sugar grains . |
| 18 | Prices have continued to rise in the North , but to stagnate and fall in the South . |
| 19 | as if it were a natural follow-on from this behaviour , the earthen surfaces of the graves began to rise and fall like the chests of sleepers . |
| 20 | It is clear from the above that the following types of situations may arise and fall within the ambit of s677 : 1 . |
| 21 | Given the difficulties of monetary base control , would you expect M0 and broader measures of the money supply , such as M4 , to rise and fall by the same percentage as each other ? |
| 22 | He unseated his rider once and fell at the 7th in the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 23 | The ferry was in ; it rose and fell on the swelling Grönsund . |
| 24 | The scarf came away and fell on the floor , twisted in a multiple S. |
| 25 | Jo ran straight up to her room and fell on the bed . |
| 26 | It sailed out of the horizontally opening window and fell on the bowler hat of a ratepayer on the street underneath . |
| 27 | He rose and fell on the sickening see-saw of his terror and delight . |
| 28 | The pound fell and fell on the foreign exchange markets . |
| 29 | Suddenly there was a crash as the horse slipped and fell on the ice , bringing down its rider . |
| 30 | And when my horse slipped and fell on the ice , a little figure appeared and insisted on helping me . |