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Homeowners fell behind on their loans and could not qualify for new ones: There was no value left in their house to borrow against.

"The user experience fell behind a little bit, " Meg Whitman, Ebay chief executive, confessed of her company's slipping growth rate.

Example: John fell behind in his studies and finally had to leave school.

Long ago, the region's failure to develop joint-stock companies was one reason why it fell behind the West.

But he never fell behind, and he's headed to college this fall.

This corporation owned a bad administration as well as a bad fame when it also fell behind the payment for goods.

Li Xiaohu spent too much time playing computer games and he fell behind others. As a close friend of his, I must do something to help him.

My city countryside road in still fell behind as a whole, the existence constructs the tendency which again the light tube raises.

But he never fell behind. He's headed to college this fall.

He fell behind early and was unable to recover, coming in second.

Matsuzaka, affectionately called "Dice-K" by Red Sox fans, left the game in the sixth inning and his team fell behind.

He fell behind with his rent and the landlord began to become impatient.

I fell behind, I shall catch up with my classmates.

If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind eg: She was leading in the 800-metre race, but fell behind in the last second.

Your feet sort of fell behind.

The Lakers fell behind in the first quarter Monday night and never got into a rhythm.

During Socialist rule, when party apparatchiks enriched themselves, often at public expense, the eastern half of the country fell behind.

When I fell behind in French, the teacher asked one of the more proficient students to help me.

However, since the mechanism fell behind and the operation is inefficient, there are many problems existing in ICBC.

When the rabbit ran to a corner, it found the tortoise far fell behind it, so it decided to have a rest under the tree.

A small island making steam engines by hand inevitably fell behind a bountiful continent that mass-produced motor cars on assembly lines.

Japan's economy fell behind China's at market exchange rates in the second quarter (it has been number three in PPP terms for some time).

The girls fell behind their aunt and peeped out at the stranger from among the castor beans.

But he never fell behind.

The home team fell behind by 14 in the first quarter, fought back to make it close, but could never quite overtake the Lakers.

My turtle fell behind a radiator and was not discovered until too late.

The disabled cruiser fell behind the rest of the squadron .

Among women, the UK fell behind countries including Denmark, Malta, Greece, Iceland and Switzerland.

So excited was he that he forgot all about Carrie, who fell behind, wondering at his self-absorption.

No matter how hard he tried, he always fell behind other swimmers in the contest.

Because we went through 30 years when [rail] development fell behind the national rate of growth.

But it fell behind again from 1970, mainly because of bad policies, just when Asia began to forge ahead.

Leslie Kohlmeyer and her husband fell behind on their payments two years ago when his construction business dried up.

He could have finished it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind.

When I first entered middle school in 1994 , I found it hard to cope with the pressure and fell behind the class.

One intriguing discussion is of why China fell behind the west in the 19th century.

Among women, the UK fell behind Denmark, Malta, Greece, Iceland and Switzerland.

Uzbekistan fell behind early but then rallied with two goals before China equalized.

The wheels of history were rolling on, but we came to a halt and fell behind others.

Perhaps we go too fast, we need to stop at the side of human nature ? Fenfang roadside, and so fell behind the soul.

As we were progressing, someone among those who had learned English before fell behind.

No wonder you can't find the book ----it fell behind the chair.

He fell behind, so he had to quicken up his pace to catch up with us.

The elderly couple fled their home on foot, but they could not keep up with their neighbours and fell behind as the tsunami rushed in.

John fell behind in his studies and failed the course.

I was in the last row of the classroom, and bricks fell behind me and hit my head.

In America income inequality began to widen in the 1980s largely because the poor fell behind those in the middle.

We have stopped deliveries, because he fell behind with the bill.

Wu dropped his stick! He stopped to get it and of course fell behind.

I fell behind in all my work and stopped talking to my friends.

Carl fell behind for some reason, but believed he was ahead.

The central bank moved fast and never fell behind events.

Our score far fell behind our rival's in the second round of the semi-final.

To the first, he ran very fast. But he fell behind others quickly.

Several of the runners fell behind in the race.

Ford posted a 19% drop, and sales of its F-150 pick-up fell behind Toyota's Camry and Corolla for the first time.

One marcher fell behind the others.

She hurt her ankle and fell behind the others.

Napoli fell behind in the title race with a 3-1 loss to Atalanta in Bergamo.

He couldn't help stamping on the ground when his favorite ball team fell behind.

So he fell behind in his studies.

He fell behind when we were climbing up the hill.

He stoped to get it and of and of course fell behind.

She soon fell behind the leaders.

He stopped to get it and of course he fell behind.

He fell behind with his studies .

China only fell behind Europe in the 19th century. be cause it missed the Indusial Revolution .

The older walker soon fell behind.

He stop to get it and of course fell behind.

They fell behind the times.

They fell behind with the rent.

Because of rain, construction on the subway system fell behind schedule.

They crossed the river by a ferry, and rode long time in silence, while the twilight slowly fell behind the aspens.

You've never left my side, even when I fell behind.

I am slow to equalize on early dives, so we fell behind most of the group.

For the 11th time in 19 home games Arsenal fell behind but, to steal an Arsene Wenger phrase, once again they "refused to lose" .

Smith fell behind in the race.

Soon he fell behind in the race.

We fell behind, we missed big trends, and we lost time.

He fell behind with his work.

She soon fell behind other students because of illness.

In the boys' relay race, Class 6 fell behind at first.

When the team fell behind, the enthusiasts appeared to be quite worried, encouraging the players silently;

He fell behind the cross on the road, and no man bowed his head prayer for him

However, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, black African and black Caribbean pupils all fell behind their white counterparts

A scholar asks some profound questions about why the Middle East fell behind the West

The logistic materials fell behind