Example sentences of "him behind " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Brazilian complained that some team-mates shunned him and criticised him behind his back , with Soren Lerby and Kieft the chief culprits . |
| 2 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 3 | The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back , and the Irishman and his rough friends would have one more excuse to belittle him for their own amusement . |
| 4 | She caught hold of Sam 's arm and drew him behind the skip . |
| 5 | It was Dennis , stopping off for a pee on his way to replenish the supply of social oxygen , already anxious about what the others were saying about him behind his back . |
| 6 | Suddenly he had a vision of the Worm , coil upon coil , waiting for him behind the door in the dark . |
| 7 | Crawling across the floor I trapped him behind the settee . |
| 8 | If a woman holds a man 's hand as he lights her cigarette and strokes him behind the knees with her foot , is it a secret sign ? |
| 9 | Now the forces of law and order that left vandals to do as they pleased were putting him behind bars . |
| 10 | Running well in the race , just behind Regazzoni , first Hunt 's engine faded for three seconds , stranding him behind Depailler , and then two laps later , when he was trying to overtake Depailler on the outside , Depailler moved over and blew Hunt into the wall . |
| 11 | The girl turned her head and half smiled at him behind her glasses . |
| 12 | They think he is a PERFUME … while others suspect they 've seen clothes he designed , or clocked him behind the wheel of a racing car . |
| 13 | ‘ Because all the old cats will be sniggering at him behind his back , that 's why . |
| 14 | Everyone in Rosington seemed to be laughing at him behind his back . |
| 15 | She could not picture him behind the grim walls of Swansea Prison , instead she remembered him riding with her in the park , smiling down at her with his dark eyes , making her feel so small and helpless . |
| 16 | He was still turning when the cosh struck him behind the ear . |
| 17 | Each combatant aims to floor his opponent , by knocking him off his feet or biting him behind the elbow . |
| 18 | We could see him behind the grille over the heads of the crowd . |
| 19 | Chesarynth hung back , not wanting him behind her , but he ushered her in with little shooing motions of his manicured hands and she had no choice . |
| 20 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 21 | ‘ I left him behind a ridge of small hills , in a very flat area — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You mean she 's frightened of the doctor and she thinks you 're going to send for him behind her back ? ’ |
| 23 | They had some fine players in their side — Cameron , herby Taylor , Mitchell , Bell , Balaskas , Morkel , Vincent — but Australia had Bradman ( 806 runs at 201 ) and Grimmett , whose 33 wickets for 557 placed him behind left-armer Ironmonger , who took 31 for 300 in the series . |
| 24 | Where the man was , gone or waiting for him behind the next tree , he had no idea . |
| 25 | Fergus had motioned him to sit down with him behind the hide , and to keep quiet . |
| 26 | I might cock a snook at him behind his back but I would n't dash into his path making the victory sign . ’ |
| 27 | They overtook him when he was n't expecting it ; they pulled up at the side of the road and trapped him behind them ; they got in front of him at traffic-lights and then decided to turn right . |
| 28 | For some reason he was terrified about what we might have said of him behind his back . |
| 29 | ( Film sequence of riot police following horses in pursuit of miners ; policeman repeatedly striking crouching picket about the head ; miner taking flying kick at same policeman ; officer hitting different picket on head with baton as he is leading him behind police lines . ) |
| 30 | ‘ You have n't even met him yet and already you 've put him behind bars for life . ’ |