A shriek, a shock, and fifty souls were in eternity; and all because an engineer had been behind time.
Napoleon died a prisoner at St. Helena because one of his marshals was behind time.
The next arrival brought nearly half a million to the insolvents, but it was too late; they were ruined because their agent, in remitting, had been behind time.
There are others who put off reformation year after year, till death seizes them, and they perish unrepentant, because forever "behind time.
There are men who always fail in whatever they undertake, simply because they are "behind time.
Napoleon died a prisoner at St. Helena, because one of his marshals was behind time.
A comparatively innocent man had died an ignominious death, because a watch had been five minutes too slow, making its bearer arrive behind time.
The next arrival brought nearly half a million to the insolvents, but it was too late; they were ruined, because their agent, in remitting, had been behind time.
John Quincy Adams was never known to be behind time.
A conductor's watch is behind time, and a terrible railway collision occurs.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "behind time" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
