Example sentences of "the wind behind [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , they turned and walked back to the cottage , with the wind behind them . |
| 2 | I think they would fancy their chances going er with the wind behind them . |
| 3 | Right Forest are gon na have the wind behind them |
| 4 | Always they had the wind behind them . |
| 5 | He runs into the water with the wind behind him . |
| 6 | We bade farewell to the wild deer and , with the wind behind us , crossed Taransay Sound and gently cruised up the fjord-like approach towards civilization . |
| 7 | Curtis said , ‘ We shall take longer getting back because of the drag , but it wo n't be so choppy with the wind behind us . |
| 8 | So you can imagine Frank Clarke thinking well we 've got the wind behind us we 've got ta put a lot of high balls into the box and he is very important to us but at the moment he 's not making the box . |
| 9 | I doubt if we sailed at anything more than eight or nine knots , maybe 10 , if we had the wind behind us . |
| 10 | It was Grandad 's basic contention in life that whenever you were cycling downhill with the wind behind you and the sun on your back and never a care in the world , some little bugger nipped out of a bush and stuck a spike in your spokes . |
| 11 | ‘ With God 's help and the wind behind you . |