Example sentences of "behind him the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 2 | Behind him the sky has changed to sea , and he is charging down the hill . |
| 3 | Behind him the jungle is defocused , |
| 4 | Behind him the minister stood as straight and shadowy as a cypress tree . |
| 5 | Millet grinned and stepped out onto the landing and behind him the door slammed cheerfully . |
| 6 | Behind him the door of the house whose occupant he had just been interviewing had been dosed with considerable firmness . |
| 7 | Behind him the man was running out into the roadway , already too far off for a useful shot . |
| 8 | Behind him the engine of his new red Rover was still running — a barely audible hum . |
| 9 | Behind him the landlord backed away as far along the bar as he could . |
| 10 | He left behind him the scene , still shockingly evident , of the destruction by the Israelis of the Osirak reactor , the flattened mound of concrete . |
| 11 | Behind him the dragon roared and crashed through the bushes as it tried to turn around , but Hrun was running , running , with his gaze fixed on Liartes and a dead branch in his hands . |
| 12 | Behind him the king . |
| 13 | Behind him the boy looked out , wide-eyed , wondering what was going on . |
| 14 | Behind him the Mushroom Farm was ablaze . |
| 15 | He cried , ‘ Hey , you guys , come on , I 've got one , ’ but behind him the school yard was silent . |
| 16 | To his right there was a McDonalds ; behind him the lights of the Charing Cross Hotel glowed in the darkness . |
| 17 | On the wall behind him the name UBALDO VALESIO appeared over and over again in large black capitals . |
| 18 | Behind him the window merged through silver into a dusk of green and chrysanthemum . |
| 19 | Behind him the fog was rolling . |
| 20 | Behind him the river sparkled placidly in the sun . |
| 21 | Behind him the noise was changing , rising , as the fight wound up to pressure . |
| 22 | US sources in London insist that Mr Clinton has put behind him the resentment over Conservative involvement in the US election . |
| 23 | Behind him the heat was building up to a storm , the sky was thick with it already . |
| 24 | He left behind him the impression — but not as if he had ever meant to say it — that anyone who disagreed with him must really be rather stupid . |
| 25 | Behind him the tailgate went up with a bang , and through his face he felt the vibrations of an engine . |
| 26 | Behind him the rain tickling down the window made wavery verticals behind the strict horizontals of the venetian blind . |
| 27 | Behind him the grasses stirred almost silently , but he heard and raised his head sharply . |
| 28 | Behind him the grass slithered quietly , and he closed his eyes . |
| 29 | Behind him the dogs raced like dark shapes against the snow . |
| 30 | Behind him the dogs bayed in triumph , then suddenly there came a terrible scream which clutched Corbett 's heart — a cry of dreadful despair . |