If the child had fallen through the ice, he would have drowned.
Clean water can be drawn for up to several months after the rains have fallen through pipes underneath the DAMS or by digging a hole in the sand.
The original plan has fallen through.
Tallis waited in the deserted cafe terrace beside the entrance, scraping with a burnt-out match at the gull droppings that had fallen through the tattered awning on to the green metal tables.
Special groups including senior citizens, children, workers in enterprises with difficulties, and migrant workers have always fallen through the cracks in the medical insurance system.
The plot has fallen through.
Because of several miscalculations on my part, a project of considerable importance in my life had fallen through.
