Example sentences of "the man behind [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man behind him , holding the Skorpion with practised casualness , not the careful tension of one unused to handguns ; balanced , relaxed , self-confident , knowing he could bring the machine-pistol to aim and fire in a fraction of a second . |
| 2 | Holly walked on and the man behind him was an abandoned nothing . |
| 3 | Chernayev turned his head as if he felt the breathy impatience of the man behind him . |
| 4 | Beneath a cocked hat somewhat too big for him his small face , pale despite the sun of a whole Mediterranean summer , was much more calm and composed than that of the man behind him . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're lies … ’ began Wolfe , but he was cuffed into silence by the man behind him . |
| 6 | Without turning round , he pointed , addressing the man behind him . |
| 7 | But the features that make Mr President sexy do n't work the same trick when the man behind them is thought to be a vacuum cleaner salesman from Bolton . |
| 8 | The man behind me leant forward and whispered in my ear , ‘ Tell that guy to quit yapping will you ? |
| 9 | The man behind me kept pulling at my coat . |
| 10 | ‘ The man behind me here is Duvall . ’ |
| 11 | I found my hand being pulled by the man behind me . |
| 12 | Then I was pulling Susan and the man behind me upright . |
| 13 | This is the man behind it all , Ralph Reader , a successful composer in the thirties who agreed to write songs for the scouts to perform and his material is still used today . |
| 14 | In fact she imagined the woman 's body to be filling the room , spreading right across it , blotting out the men behind her . |
| 15 | Virginia held the office door open for Charles 's very pregnant wife , and smiled a cool goodbye to the men behind them . |
| 16 | Instinct took control of him and the noise of the men behind him died to a whisper . |
| 17 | He went to his knees , and the men behind him moved aside . |
| 18 | The men behind him were brawny and short-haired , their bare arms reddened by sun and wind and their bare feet wet and muddy . |
| 19 | He thumbed towards the men behind him , then said , ‘ Come on in and meet the gang . ’ |
| 20 | If the great Lada exodus really is as successful as the men behind it hope … it could be a case of rust to riches |