Example sentences of "[pron] be behind the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now suppose that you know I am behind the tree , you are expecting me to leap out , and I know you know all that : I can still ( maybe ) frighten you by leaping out , just by getting you to realize that I intend to frighten you . |
| 2 | I see all objects as mirrors and I am behind the mirrors in another world but the beauty eludes me and is gone and will never return . |
| 3 | But I grant you that I 'm behind the times in some ways . |
| 4 | But she just looks at me pityingly , like I was behind the times and needed to catch up with the latest ideas . ’ |
| 5 | Apparently convinced that I was behind the ABC and NBC stories and the media follow-up around the world , they blew my cover in a television broadcast that also went out around the world . |
| 6 | Armagh Integrated School Group , which is behind the project , has submitted a planning application for the erection of a temporary building on a three-acre greenfield site just off the main Portadown Road on the edge of the city . |
| 7 | However , it appears that the plentiful supplies of sugar were not wholly unwelcome to Soviet leaders , who were still pursuing the consumption drive which was behind the February 1960 agreement . |
| 8 | But Fairway Investment , who are behind the venture , say the failure of the Ivy Street scheme is no great disappointment to them . |
| 9 | In any case , I do n't know how capable you are behind the embers or whatever . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're behind the times , ’ said Wexford , chuckling . |
| 11 | You 're behind the times , Arthur , you 're old-fashioned . |
| 12 | So as long as you 're behind the ball you can keep moving |
| 13 | ‘ I know you 're behind the drum , ’ he said , taking a step towards it . |
| 14 | Surely it was you Aussies who were behind the tranche of law changes ? |
| 15 | In an address to the nation on July 25 , during which he spoke of the need for a " fresh start " after the upheavals of June [ see p. 37523 ] , President Kenneth Kaunda pardoned Lt. Mwamba Luchembe and his colleagues who were behind the June 30 announcement of an Army takeover , and announced the release of all other political prisoners . |
| 16 | ‘ But you were behind the bar ? |
| 17 | she erm , she 's behind the till |
| 18 | Enid Bagnold 's creepy comedy is dated in more subtle ways as well — ‘ She 's behind the escallonia hedge , ’ sounds like a line dropped from a Beatrice Lillie sketch — but , in this strongly cast production , it also retains much of its original charm and piquancy . |
| 19 | ‘ She 's behind the bar there . |
| 20 | ‘ What about finding out who 's behind the shipment ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 've no idea who 's behind the conspiracy — because that 's what it has to be . |
| 22 | He says he 's offering £10,000 reward , he wants to know who 's behind the attacks , not just who carried them out . |
| 23 | By way of introduction , today we find out more about the former model who is behind the secrets of the stars — and her remarkable success rate in predicting what will be … |
| 24 | Seems like only yesterday ( well it was earlier this year ) that Lucie Fjeldstad , 49 , was boasting about the $100m IBM Corp had given her to lay the foundations of a multimedia business : now she is taking the IBM shilling , also known as early retirement incentives , and quitting her post as vice-president and general manager , Multimedia ; she was behind the Blockbuster agreements . |
| 25 | Fifteen minutes later she was behind the wheel of her car on the out-of-city route . |
| 26 | According to Lord John Manners , it was Palmerston , as First Lord of the Treasury , who was behind the Treasury 's insistence that Hall should abandon the competition and appoint Pennethorne . |
| 27 | Senior police officers are convinced he had knowledge of who was behind the gangland executions of Glover and Hanlon . |
| 28 | Once booksellers had found out who was behind the book order and what they wanted , it was vital to deliver the right book at the right time . |
| 29 | I would always plan on a day when I felt brave and I would walk into the drugstore and see who was behind the counter . |
| 30 | Anyway it did n't worry us cos we were behind the coach . |