Example sentences of "[verb] from behind " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was super stuff , ’ he crowed after his Lions had come from behind to end Swindon 's unbeaten start to the season . |
| 2 | This time round the result was the same and might have been even more decisive had Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo not come from behind to salvage a halved match against Curtis Strange and Tom Kite . |
| 3 | At that point he was attacked from behind and looking round , spotted two formations of Bf109s and MC200s , totalling an estimated twenty aircraft . |
| 4 | The 44-year-old victim was attacked from behind after she parked her car in Marylebone , West London , and walked away . |
| 5 | Suddenly the candle was blown out , I was attacked from behind and my arms were tied close to my sides with a thick rope . |
| 6 | A possible scenario is that he had turned to leave the church when he was attacked from behind . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm sure there are there you know there 's there is ordinary nasty horrid aggressive rape when you 're you 're you know like somebody 's attacked from behind or something down a a dark alley . |
| 8 | After half an hour , when the drone of an engine approached from behind , I had to bring every muscle into play to maintain a normal walk . |
| 9 | It was much harder to imagine Pascoe taking gloves and a knife with him when he went to MacQuillan 's office and creeping up behind him , and there was no evidence of a struggle between the dead man and his attacker which would have been the case if the killer had not approached from behind . |
| 10 | ‘ She was approached from behind and hit over the back with what is thought to be a piece of hosepipe , ’ a spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said last night . |
| 11 | He was approached from behind by a man who shoved a sharp object into his back and ordered him to return to the bar in Beaumont Street . |
| 12 | A car honked from behind ; the traffic was moving again . |
| 13 | A car honked from behind , the traffic had begun to move again . |
| 14 | Internazionale had to come from behind to draw with Bari , while Sampdoria beat Verona with a goal by GianLuca Vialli ( 16 ) . |
| 15 | Goals by Mick Harford and Julian James enabled Luton to come from behind and claim a win that leaves them only three points behind Coventry , the club fourth from bottom , with four games each to play . |
| 16 | Leeds , Liverpool and Sheffield Wednesday failed to come from behind and overturn first-leg deficits . |
| 17 | HEINEKEN League First Division leaders Swansea had to come from behind to claim a 25–13 win over lowly Aberavon and maintain their 100 per cent record . |
| 18 | Once that has been achieved it is very difficult for a competitor to come from behind . |
| 19 | Somebody was telling me the Rocky was on R5 the other week & said that when he was with Arsenal & they won the league at Liverpool in the last few minutes , Arsenal were 13 ( ? ) points clear at the new year but still had to come from behind to overtake Liverpool ! ! ! |
| 20 | Corsie had to come from behind to take the opening set when Gourlay moved 6-4 ahead and then laid the shot he required to take the set on the seventh end . |
| 21 | ‘ They stood up pretty well considering we lost a 10-0 lead and then had to come from behind to win . ’ |
| 22 | He was caught from behind . |
| 23 | Pallister and Bruce getting the better marks ( presumably for handling and tackling from behind respectively ) . |
| 24 | Just a brief glimpse ofa white coat then all is done from behind . |
| 25 | He lengthened rather than quickened his pace — difficult to detect from behind — stepped into the alley and sprinted as hard as he could . |
| 26 | It has been observed that on increasing number of industrial disputes actually begin at the grass roots ; trade union leaders merely invoke democracy and then proceed to lead from behind . |
| 27 | William , though himself without a helmet , fought like a lion to avenge his uncle 's death but was eventually overborne by weight of numbers as well as by another sword thrust from behind — and carried off into captivity . |
| 28 | I remember these figures illuminated from behind , like giant shadows . |
| 29 | The Belle was a careful replica with coloured panels illuminated from behind to give the impression of saloons , and rotating fluorescent tubes simulating paddles . |
| 30 | Illuminated from behind , it shows a complicated pattern of highlights ( where light is focused ) and dark regions ( from which it has been diverted ) . |