You expect harm to befall them, like a plague, but, for once, it stays its hand.
On December 7, 1941, our Nation suffered one of the most devastating attacks ever to befall the American people.
The disaster is the latest to befall the country of about 9 million people, roughly the size of Maryland.
Keen is on weaker ground when claiming that some sort of Orwellian catastrophe is set to befall humanity because of over-sharing.
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Of course, as the number of players shrinks to just a few, there is a temptation for them to cause accidents to befall the others.
And that if executed properly, with a little of the luck that seems to befall all good documentaries, it had the potential to profoundly affect people.
The biggest tragedy ever to befall the club was the Munich Air Disaster, they allowed the clubs main sponsor to commercialise the deaths of these young men.
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One highlight of the festival was Terra Nova, a performance by CREW. I went in without a clear picture of what was to befall me, which was the perfect approach.
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We are a safe community, and to have a tragedy befall us like this is just horrendous.
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This enables a bank to get a feel for what might befall it in future.
According to Burden, the typical problems that befall senators in their aspirations for the White House might not be so pronounced this year.
Thirdly, the approach that Mr Cameron is taking is based not on whim, but on hard evidence of what will befall the party if it fails to change.
Besides that, it is not permissible to work as a judge except to defend Muslims against some great evil which would befall them unless some of them worked in the judiciary.
Having a joint account is a great way to give each other a shared emergency cushion should disaster befall you.
No replacement has yet been summoned by the Pakistan Cricket Board, so the tourists may risk having to field a non-specialist wicketkeeper should injury or illness befall Kamran, who was axed after the first Test in which his glovework was widely criticised following several dropped catches.
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In an interview, he reveals for the first time that he has even written a letter to the Disney board, recommending a successor should some bad fate befall Eisner himself.
The ugly ducklings amongst us are often devout of the opportunities that befall the beautiful and, therefore, comparatively are more prone to end up in crime.
Fears of overcrowding were mainly to blame, but the mayor warned that without solving such problems in future a similar fate could befall other events such as the Notting Hill Carnival.
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