Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj] [noun] behind " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked hastily up at the rising land behind her , saw nobody , and hitched her skirts up to tuck them into her waistband . |
| 2 | Athelstan went into the nave and sat at the base of a pillar , legs crossed , whilst he stared up at the high altar behind the rood screen . |
| 3 | The girl smiled shyly up at the big man behind the wheel and got a friendly grin in return . |
| 4 | " You 've no imagination , " Graham said the other day , as we stood at the window of what was going to be the baby 's room , and looked out at the muddy patch behind our house . |
| 5 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |