Example sentences of "behind it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , obvious a performance though it was , behind it lay a real anguish and he knew it , and knew he could n't help it . |
| 2 | Behind it lay the Anglo-American fusion that had powered the paper in 1966 and through the first eighteen months . |
| 3 | The tracks it left behind it bisected a faded trail of bootprints . |
| 4 | He said that a solid body moving through a fluid medium such as air was in fact propelled by the air , which was cleft by the moving body and then rejoined behind it to provide the forward drive , for there could be no such thing as a vacuum , that is , mere nothingness . |
| 5 | Behind it stood an old-fashioned switchboard and numbered pigeon-holes for the guests ' post . |
| 6 | Behind it stood the international gold standard . |
| 7 | However , the maker does a good fret job and has included useful features like a compensated saddle , with a ‘ step ’ cut into the bridge behind it to ensure a good break angle for the strings and plenty of room for future saddle-height adjustment . |
| 8 | But this business of the missing ship and what lies behind it puts the whole negotiation in jeopardy . |