Example sentences of "[noun] have fallen behind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her handbag had fallen behind the car seat when she 'd stopped at the traffic lights in town so several minutes were lost as she scrabbled for her pass , then when she drove into the car park she could n't immediately find a space and had to drive round several times . |
| 2 | He 'd never thought that you could shiver in a desert , but it was late afternoon and the sun had fallen behind the hills and a chill wind cut across the graves . |
| 3 | When the driver spotted the mother and the boy on the tracks , the mother had actually already reached the other side , but the little boy had fallen behind his mother and was still on the tracks . |
| 4 | It seems that matters have fallen behind schedule and need to be put back on the rails . |
| 5 | The defeat brought home in the most devastating fashion just how far the Empire 's development had fallen behind that of her Great Power rivals in the West . |
| 6 | By this time professional cricketers ' earnings had fallen behind average manual wages . |
| 7 | ‘ Along with the pay of other Civil Servants ’ , he says , ‘ mine has fallen behind inflation over the last few years . |
| 8 | But he does not believe the English game has fallen behind technically , simply because of the Eighties ban from club competition , saying : ‘ After six years out of Europe our national side finished in the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 9 | The progressing of orders through the production process is essentially a monitoring and reporting task , which also involves some ‘ chasing-up ’ of progress in situations where orders have fallen behind schedule . |
| 10 | In recent years , teachers ' salaries have fallen behind those of other non-manual workers . |
| 11 | Let us look now at what can happen when the ‘ top-down ’ view that children should learn to ‘ predict their way through a text ’ — is put into action with children whose reading has fallen behind even average expectation . |
| 12 | ‘ Irish League fans should n't worry too much that their clubs have fallen behind those in the League of Ireland . |
| 13 | ‘ Irish League fans should n't worry too much that their clubs have fallen behind those in the League of Ireland . |