Example sentences of "to get behind the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose English critics will always work on the old lines , and try to get behind the book to quiz the author … instead of seeing that he is almost irresponsible , that it is the result of haphazard circumstances , and that the writer rubs his eyes and wonders how this and that got into his pages as much as the reviewer does . |
| 2 | SKY-HIGH insurance premiums mean few people can now afford the luxury of a ‘ hot hatch ’ but that does n't mean you will never be able to get behind the wheel of a sporty performance car . |
| 3 | Three-times world champion Ayrton Senna would give up £12million a year just to get behind the wheel for nothing . |
| 4 | l he general conclusion reached here was that any attempt to get behind the early church 's proclamation of Jesus to what Jesus himself had actually believed about himself could only be built on psychological conjecture and historical guesswork . |
| 5 | He was determined to get behind the Russians and cut them off from the east . |
| 6 | Francois now moved in the general direction of Neidenburg to get behind the Russian rear , despite the fact that Ludendorff had ordered him to march rapidly northeast toward Lahna . |
| 7 | In the meantime one studies them as landscapes , so to speak , simply to heighten one 's pleasure in sight-seeing , to get behind the superficial appearances , to uncover the layers of the palimpsest and to see , for example , a piece of the tenth century in the way a street makes an abrupt turn or does something else unexpected . |
| 8 | What I have tried to do in this chapter is to suggest a way of looking at towns as though they were a special kind of landscape — as indeed they are — to get behind the guide-books and the individual buildings to the secret history of these places : to draw attention to what I think are some of the significant bits of urban landscape that point the way into this secret history . |
| 9 | ‘ How is it that you managed to get behind the wheel , anyway ? ’ she enquired , her voice curt . |
| 10 | ‘ They 'd be on foot if they were looking for you , I think , but perhaps ‘ t would be safer to get behind the counter . |
| 11 | They were nt looking to get behind the defence at all . |
| 12 | If it was organised and stewarded properly , they could sign autographs , pose for photos and generally encourage youngsters to get behind the team . |
| 13 | It 's an all British car erm except for the Japanese tape deck , and the makers believe there are enough people around who still want to drive with the top down and the wind in their hair , people who are prepared to risk the weather , as well as an overdraft , to get behind the wheel of a Healey again . |
| 14 | Then it was brother Alan 's turn to get behind the wheel and he passed . |
| 15 | He is now healthy enough to get behind the wheel of a car . |