Example sentences of "the [noun] behind [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seb 's statement brought a chorus of derision from a couple of navvies who had entered the tent behind him and were listening to the conversation . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't believe I am being blamed for a fight that went on in the stand behind us , and I hope video evidence will clearly back me up . ’ |
| 3 | As such , I must be one of the few hon. Members who has seen the practical effects of the implementation of legislation such as this , and not simply the ideology behind it . |
| 4 | All that the Bill contains , and the ideology behind it — the values and principles that it espouses — must be rejected tonight in favour of genuine local democracy , and a Labour Government who will implement real policies for the people whom we represent . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | On the golf-course behind him a foursome of players shouted to one another as they approached the fourteenth green . |
| 7 | They passed behind the club-house , leaving the golf-course behind them . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Kim Brockwell 's family and friends will try to put the trial behind them and come to terms with her violent and tragic death . |
| 9 | Bardul , and the passageway behind them , have simply disappeared . |
| 10 | ‘ The men on the right wing and the men on the left have lost half the ranks behind them , although they 're spread out and from the front it looks just the same . |
| 11 | Looking around her as if she thought someone was going to run out of the field behind her and save her , she saw that the man was much nearer . |
| 12 | Sharpe saw one cannon-ball 's passage marked by the flickering of the rye stalks in a darkening line that shot at extraordinary speed across the field behind him . |
| 13 | She reached the poplars and stumbled into the field behind them , falling flat on her belly , her face pressed into the spiky grass . |
| 14 | The bullet goes flying over my head and lands in the field behind me . |
| 15 | Here 's the cavalry behind him , he 's having a go at them now . |
| 16 | The rasp and snap of the engine bounced against the walls of the houses behind him , tumbled over the rocks and dust beyond . |
| 17 | The organ started to play and Ianthe 's attention was diverted by the entry of the preacher , so that she did not notice John walking quietly up the aisle and slipping into the pew behind her . |
| 18 | Between adjacent segments there may be present small detached plates or intersegmentalia and such sclerites belong partly to the segment in front and partly to the segment behind them . |
| 19 | By the decade 's end , such expectations were exposed as pipedreams , and the strategies behind them had collapsed in ruins . |
| 20 | Resting his elbows on the deck behind him , he tipped his head back and closed his eyes . |
| 21 | Work with the cable behind you and place it over one shoulder to keep it well away from the blades . |
| 22 | When she heard the rustle behind her , she did n't turn around . |
| 23 | Yeah , but he does n't own the bit behind us does he ? |
| 24 | From the kitchen behind them came the sound of Mrs Brissett cleaning up vigorously and singing ‘ The Holly and the Ivy ’ . |
| 25 | The course has a strong grammar base with questions , explanations , and practice designed to encourage students to think about the structures they are studying and the rules behind them . |
| 26 | Both volumes adopt the lowlands study formula and examine the changes and the reasons behind them in 12 ‘ type areas ’ ranging from northeast to southwest England as shown in Table 8.5 . |
| 27 | Because much of the product is already familiar to readers this review will concentrate , so far as is possible , on the upgrades and the reasons behind them rather than the existing features . |
| 28 | I mean some people say it diffidence some people say it 's considerate so you have to then try and go a bit further beyond the actual differences to find out what the reasons behind them are . |
| 29 | I know some people might think the decision I made was unpleasant and monstrous but I want to tell how I came to make the decision and the reasons behind it . |
| 30 | The reasons behind it , however , and the related issue of where responsibility lies , have still not been entirely explained . |