Sentence examples for drive fell from inspiring English sources

That drive fell just short of obtaining the needed signatures.

Schwartz trailed by 58 going into the last quarter, and a stretch drive fell just short.

Pakistan's government soon turned its attention to other projects, however, and the suburban construction drive fell apart.

Luis Polonia moved down the third base line; he would be the winning run if Posada's drive fell.

The drive fell short, though, so Saturday night's performance of Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera "Anna Nicole" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music stands to be the company's last.

I went to sleep, and my mother took out her magazines, and the weight of the long July drive fell squarely on my father.

But Maureen, inspired by Thatcher, is no longer interested in playing the housewife and learns to drive, falling in love with her driving instructor.

Perhaps crucially, they can refund money to donors if a fund-raising drive falls short of its objective, something a school district cannot legally do.

While that can be useful in situations where there is a hard drive "crash" – allowing the recovery of some or all files – it can be disastrous if the drive falls into the wrong hands.

Oil prices have shown how the low yield environment can further drive falling prices.

Wires wore down, hard drives fell apart, motherboards overheated.