Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] behind in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the briefest and most uncomfortable moment , he was made to think of the father he 'd left behind in the North of England , a man just widowed and with a stepson whom he disliked intensely . |
| 2 | A long list of criteria was trundled out to justify the eminent reasonableness of their wage claims : their members had fallen behind in the league table of wage differentials ; the cost of living had increased ; productivity had risen ; firms ' profits were high and their members were entitled to their ‘ fair ’ share . |
| 3 | With glasses replenished we sat in the CHAB studio where we were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor and a number of other leading citizens who had stayed behind in the hotel to hear the broadcast . |
| 4 | Mrs Hobbs had stayed behind in the hotel at Ouerzzazate because of the heat ; Richard and Flora because there was to be a celebration for the King of the Belgians and Flora wanted to see the women dancing . |
| 5 | Shocked and exhausted by the severity of the work and his illness , he had spoken little of himself or the family he had left behind in the north . |
| 6 | Another waiter came up to him then with a bundle of letters and cash that he had left behind in the foyer and forgotten . |
| 7 | The exchange was not always beneficial ; migrants from the old inner areas often regretted the life they had left behind in the move to a more open plan or high-rise environment ( Young and Wilmott 1954 ) . |