Example sentences of "behind [pron] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hearthwares and Myrcans were greeted with friendliness and something like relief by the people they came upon — merchants in covered carts , farmers with flocks and herds , women bent under loads of firewood or water , children trailing behind them and eyeing the armoured figures on the big horses in wonder . |
| 2 | I hope a new Labour Government will not only apply those policies but will lead the rest of Europe instead of squabbling behind them or relinquishing the whole of the case . |
| 3 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 4 | Norwegian coach Egil Olsen was a side-commentary for the match and he called Spurs play ‘ cowardly ’ — Olsen 's philosophy is the opposite of the south-american style that Spurs play : when you win the ball at the opponents midfield you should come forward with lots of players at great speed and you should always go for the goal — if you have the oppurtunity you should always try to go past your defender — NOT pass to a player behind you or keep the ball in play for minutes at midfield . |
| 5 | Leave it all behind you and cross the bridge beneath the restaurant that will help you escape south-west towards open country . |
| 6 | Slowly , his eyes never leaving her face , he reached behind her and undid the closure of her gown . |
| 7 | Plummer wanted to know , closing the door behind her and slipping the bolts once more . |
| 8 | All she needed to do now was put her troubled times behind her and win the game . |
| 9 | He could only imagine girls in the evening when they all walked along and Marie stopped in front of a shop window to see that her clothes and hair were as she wanted and they all came up behind her and did the same so they were like a group photograph on a record sleeve , wiggling their fingers and poking out their tongues and saying ‘ Yoo-hoo ’ to their reflections . |
| 10 | The youth snaked his hand behind the door but as his fingers curled around the hilt of the sheathed poniard Graham appeared behind him and pressed the Beretta into his back . |
| 11 | He opened the door for her , closed it behind him and indicated the chair , then lounged against the window sill and grinned . |
| 12 | Waiting for the King to speak , he could hear the gust claw through the heather behind him and set the flowering whin , silk and tinsel , rubbing together , bough against bough . |
| 13 | She held the door open as he shuffled through sideways with the bag , and then closed it behind him and led the way up the stairs . |
| 14 | He could sense her there behind him and felt the hairs rise along his spine and at the back of his neck . |
| 15 | Jack Elam shut the doors behind him and turned the OPEN sign round to CLOSED . |
| 16 | I got down on my knees behind him and pushed the ashtray under his raised leg . |
| 17 | Without a word she untied it and stuffed it into Werewolf 's lapel pocket until it looked like a dress handkerchief , then she moved behind him and pulled the sleeves of his jacket up to the elbows . |
| 18 | But when one track came dangerously close to being ‘ rompalong , knees-up , power-pop anthem ’ the band quickly sabotaged it by sticking ‘ a cheesy drum machine behind it and turning the last two minutes into a total sonic attack ’ — much to the tearful bewilderment of their paymasters , left-field Belgians Play It Again Sam . |
| 19 | He walked around behind us and stuck the gun in my back . |
| 20 | ‘ Now we have to put that behind us and get the two wins we need to be safe . ’ |
| 21 | Smiling broadly to herself she closed the heavy wooden door behind us and fastened the little chain latch on to a nail on the adjacent door . |
| 22 | Agrippa demanded at once as Catesby bolted the door behind us and scrutinised the long , low-ceilinged chamber as if eavesdroppers lurked in its very shadows . |