I never expect to have another, for it is against all doctrines of chances that two such events would befall any one man in a single lifetime.

Perhaps a traumatic event had befallen the first officer, I speculated.

For a team that has been riven by sadness at the events befalling the country, the visit and the chance finally to take part in the recovery was cathartic.

On the other hand, while Josef K.'s surroundings stay familiar even when strange events befall him, K. finds himself in a new world whose laws and rules are unfamiliar to him.

He sensed that some terrible event had befallen the elven sorcerer even before he saw the footprints in the dirt outside the shaft entrance.

This unfortunate event befell upon Kohanamaru and Nanao, and remained like that until they discovered a solution to return to normal.

Many strange events befall him, until the Cenobite Pinhead shows him reality.

It was during the move north that an event befell the SDK which was to cripple the unit's leadership capability in the coming months.

And, as it happened, I was very soon to have another peep at it, for a most unexpected event befell us as we drew up in front of the Crown hotel.

Sometimes Schlomo would even talk about Ike White's suicide, as a tragic event befallen a rising star.