Matters were Befalling as well as he could have hoped; for he had come out too late to have followed the cab.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
Life may not always be "getting" them, but it has a way of "getting" their descendants, and I could not be entirely happy if I knew that my son and his sons were going to share the fate which I now observe Befalling, for example, the grand dukes of Russia and their children.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
So needful and merciful a work is it that it has no Sabbath, but as on the day of rest the shepherd feeds his own children so he cares for the lambs of his flock, sees that no harm is Befalling them, remembers their dependence on him, observes their growth, removes what hinders it, hangs over the pale of the fold, watching with a pleased and fond observance their ways, their beauty, their comfort.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods