Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] behind [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I had gone perhaps fifty yards when I felt a bullet sing past my ear and heard the crack of a rifle-shot behind me . |
| 2 | This previously hard-to-find Balearic tribal coaster has now been given the thumbs-up enough to get a bit of a push behind it courtesy of those spicy Power Promotions people , making sure that all the right channels are chosen ( ie , those DJs ) , which is pretty much all you need , really . |
| 3 | She spoke coldly , and he hated her , and the height of her , and of a man behind her . |
| 4 | ‘ He left one hell of a mess behind him , Harriet . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But he had months of planning and an intelligence network the size of a planet behind him . |
| 6 | Then he tossed the bag lightly on top of a wall-cabinet behind him . |
| 7 | There was the sound of a car behind them and it suddenly became very light . |
| 8 | Rain felt the cool surface of a cupboard behind her . |
| 9 | Nothing they could do now would be worse than the fear as the high gate fell like a guillotine behind him . |
| 10 | Her green eyes were shining , long black hair flying like a banner behind her as she moved , slender and graceful in a red dress . |
| 11 | Then she jumped , for a voice behind her said loudly : ‘ Got you ! ’ |
| 12 | Less the arm the figure is complete in itself , but it was part of a larger whole : a four-horse team , the charioteer in the car holding the reins , possibly the dedicator as a warrior behind him on the ground or mounting , probably a groom at the horses ' heads ( a small-scale arm was found , as well as scraps of the horses ' legs and tails ) . |
| 13 | She turned her head slightly as a voice behind her said , ‘ If those idiots do n't come off soon they 'll get booed . |
| 14 | Jonathon came from the train with a porter behind him loaded with their gear . |
| 15 | There was a small table centre stage with a chair behind it . |
| 16 | RON Brown , the former MP with a career behind him which makes the words ‘ chequered ’ and ‘ roller coaster ’ seem understated , may be gone from Westminster . |
| 17 | His eyes met hers , dark and secret with a light behind them that she could not fail to see . |
| 18 | ‘ Absolutely , ’ he said , flinging himself down into a chair behind it . |
| 19 | On the south side of the High Road , east of Linden House , was Campden House and two inns , ‘ George IV ’ and the ‘ Prince of Wales ’ , with an area behind them , east of Dukes Avenue — the Glebe Estate — referred to as ‘ New Chiswick ’ estate containing artisan dwellings built for the workers at local manufactories , such as ‘ Thornycroft 's ’ and Dan and Charles Mason 's ‘ Chiswick Soap Company ’ which manufactured not only soft soap , but furniture and metal polish . |
| 20 | He broke himself off a thick stick from a tree behind him and looked all round again . |
| 21 | It screamed away from a rock behind him . |
| 22 | He paused after each question , stared over our heads , then jerked out the next as if reading from a cueboard behind us . |
| 23 | He moved in a dream behind her , watching her swaying walk . |
| 24 | The vapour of his breath feathered in a trail behind him as he moved through the cold bushes towards the stream . |
| 25 | There would be the guy with the black box in a suitcase and the chair facing the wall that I would sit in while he sat in a chair behind me . |
| 26 | Arrange a number of children in a line behind you and say that you are going to play a game of ‘ follow the leader ’ . |
| 27 | Maggie looked down and saw it moving at some speed ; dust flung up in a stream behind it and it was waiting as they taxied to a halt . |
| 28 | ‘ But , without a faction behind him , he is n't much danger , although I suppose he could combine in time with a cousin or two . |
| 29 | But she had left the room on silent feet , and the door had closed without a sound behind her . |
| 30 | She heard a large vehicle draw to a halt behind her on the main road . |