Examples of befallen

• Such a fate has befallen the present volume, a minor but inevitable fault.

• And, but for the fact that we made good use of them, much mischief would have befallen us.

• He has, of course, to fight against a series of disappointments which have befallen his party in the course of the last few days.

• We all recognise the terrible disaster which has befallen her.

• This policy is the greatest disaster that has befallen our schools in the last 20 years.

• The tragic events that have befallen the country call for our solidarity with our partners.

• We have been told of the misfortunes which have befallen this country since the war—misfortunes which the people of this country did not expect.

• This debate is about a great industry and the trouble which has befallen it.

• I am afraid that, as a result of this disaster which has befallen the hill farmers, there may be a flight from the hills.

• The ill fortunes which have befallen the country since then were not even envisaged.

• In fact, we sustained in the gale the greatest physical damage that has ever befallen that area.

• The service is no panacea to the troubles that have befallen our country—the scale of the threat to the country cannot be underestimated.

• Does he know the number of fatal accidents which have befallen ordinary swimmers who have not been interfered with by these water-skiers?

• Can he say whether any estimate has been formed of the losses which have befallen operating corporations as a result of fog disruption?

• In the last few years, some disastrous accidents have befallen fire officers and firemen.