Example sentences of "the [noun] behind me " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a while , though , I began to feel sure that I 'd spotted a Gharrgoyle — or maybe a different one at different times — wriggling through the crowds behind me . |
| 2 | The bullet goes flying over my head and lands in the field behind me . |
| 3 | One of the cops behind me on the stairs put an armlock on me . |
| 4 | And as I fled I looked back and saw Gorias die into the dark behind me ; the gold towers of Paradise sank like fading flames . ’ |
| 5 | A glance at the corner where the copper stood , then at the doorway behind me , where the light fell on the gleaming worktops and new cupboards . |
| 6 | ‘ What 's going on , ’ I scream into the blackness behind me . |
| 7 | Finally , you 'll want to know the significance of the photograph behind me . |
| 8 | On my last visit I noticed that an image of James Joyce had been engraved on a tiny glass window on the seat behind me , and other historical figures literally emerged from the woodwork when I looked a little closer around the bar . |
| 9 | Through the window behind me , if I turn round , I look northward towards the array of wires above the Admiralty . |
| 10 | When Dennis Bailey puts Rangers one up , the Bloke Behind Me can take it no more . |
| 11 | a convertible , with a eyes streaming , it was really hard to see , and clocked his speed at fifty , and er the bloke behind me nearly got hit , because when I went past this bloke I went |
| 12 | For a second I relaxed but another thought struck : Had I refixed the boards behind me when I 'd fled the turret during the storm ? |
| 13 | May I ask you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , to ask the clype behind me to be quiet ? |
| 14 | ‘ If it is so important to you , Miss Kenton , I will allow that the Chinaman behind me may well be incorrectly situated . |
| 15 | I can hear her putting the question in the room behind me . |
| 16 | In the same way , we have the message on the beam behind me , ‘ Glory to God ’ ; and there are several places in the service today that use those words . |
| 17 | Other than the light seeping through the hatchway behind me , the only thing visible was twin columns of dim stripes from a pair of narrow slatted windows in the end wall . |
| 18 | I can still hear Andy pumping up the hill behind me , tearing through the bushes and yelling curses . |
| 19 | I say , looking back to see Andy coming up the hill behind me , suddenly slowing and looking wary as he sees the man . |
| 20 | There were the lights of the town behind me , lights along the distant main road , lights up the hill from an occasional house , continuing with the lights of my own road . |
| 21 | The Jamaican behind me moves forward snarling to untie the chair . |
| 22 | ‘ The group behind me , ’ Benstede dourly interrupted , ‘ are French envoys with their leader , Armand de Craon . |
| 23 | As we marched out of the farm the Commando behind me thrust a mug full of very tasty wine into my hand . |
| 24 | Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth , I began kicking it ashore , at the same time trailing the flies in the water behind me . |
| 25 | All the time his eyes deliberately avoided mine ; he kept them fixed on a picture on the wall behind me . |
| 26 | well my Lord , the person behind me is saying yes , I 'm just trying to think with the consequence not quite |
| 27 | I 'm going down the steps three weeks ago , and er one of them front me , the other behind me but how I tripped up I do n't know . |
| 28 | I just stood there , smelling the pungency of the herbs in the hedge behind me , that sharp sweet scent I remembered from Mediterranean holidays . |
| 29 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 30 | This from Werewolf who had come up the stairs behind me , his arms loaded with parcels . |