1) Swedish investors have come a cropper in London.

2) Having reached the final, the British have come a cropper against the more experienced German team.

3) She came a cropper on the ski slopes.

4) He came a cropper on the ski slopes.

5) We nearly came a cropper in the second half of the game.

6) Women's National champion, Melissa Watson,(http:///come a cropper.html) who races with the Swindon team came a cropper.

7) That way he'll come a cropper sooner.

8) Dishonest people are bound to come a cropper in the end.

9) And because those who see the present as a mere extension of the past usually come a cropper.

10) In less imaginative hands, Liz - an unmarried and uncommunicative mum of a handicapped baby - would surely come a cropper.

11) Support all his ideas to the hilt. That way he'll come a cropper sooner.

12) Investment is a hazardous business; even those who are in the swim sometimes come a cropper.

13) I gave it up ... self-denial is where I come a cropper.

14) If we'd taken any notice of him, we wouldn't have come a cropper like this.

1) Swedish investors have come a cropper in London.

2) Having reached the final, the British have come a cropper against the more experienced German team.