Example sentences of "[prep] behind his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that the manager remembered it plainly , too , because as they entered the restaurant , he came from behind his desk like a bolted rabbit and , before Frau Nordern had time to speak , assured her that everything would be in order if only , his hands out wide , beseechingly , if only the gnädige Frau would give him a date . |
| 2 | Muldoon never emerged from behind his desk to greet colleagues . |
| 3 | The Colonel emerged from behind his newspaper to allow his wife a view of his expressionless face . |
| 4 | ‘ You may never come back , ’ said Sir George , more threatening than joking apparently , from behind his lance of light , turning through the door . |
| 5 | From behind his back he produced a beautiful salmon , sea-liced and weighing about 8lb . |
| 6 | Whichever I chose would be empty and I 'd wait , wide-eyed with disappointment , till with a flourish he produced a small toy or sweets from behind his back . |
| 7 | Crowd violence towards players is another area of concern after the FA ordered a replay of the Cup tie between Peterborough and Kingstonian when the visitors ' keeper was knocked out by a coin thrown from behind his goal . |
| 8 | While she spoke , she remembered Maxie 's grumble from behind his newspaper , the last time he had been home , when she had told him to do the leaves . |
| 9 | Neil Fraser , as he moved out from behind his desk . |
| 10 | He had been invincible earlier , when he had changed — the real self pushing out from behind his human mask — but now he was her meat . |
| 11 | ‘ You can draw whatever similarities you like , ’ says Mr Robbins innocently from behind his granny glasses . |
| 12 | BATTLERS : Hart ( far left ) and Bulldog show their skills and Hit Man ( above ) comes out from behind his sunglasses |
| 13 | He came forward from behind his desk and held out his hand as if this were a first meeting . |
| 14 | There was not one villager who had dared to emerge from behind his shuttered door , not since the foreigner had come to the village . |
| 15 | ‘ Who 's Sharpe ? ’ the Duke asked from behind his copy of The Times . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sure you take my point , ’ Hauser continued from behind his desk . |
| 17 | When responsible citizens or policemen came rushing out into the road to grab at it and avert a disaster , Uncle Titch would leap up from behind his seat and pretend they just had n't noticed him . |
| 18 | The General rose from behind his enormous mahogany desk , without visibly gaining in stature , and came out on to the veranda to see us off . |
| 19 | In his capacity as a recording artist , McLaren visited the offices of his new holding company , and was ushered in to meet the chairman of the board as he rose from behind his desk . |
| 20 | Gyggle got up from behind his desk and came round to front of it . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's all by the way , ’ said a thin man impatiently from behind his desk which was stacked with political magazines . |
| 22 | A tall , skinny man , with a soft voice that sometimes strikes the court as coming from behind his left ear . |
| 23 | Nicholson emerged from behind his desk slowly , almost reluctantly . |
| 24 | Brother Denis came out from the guesthall , Brother Paul from the schoolroom , with two of his boys peering out from behind his skirts , two novices and two grooms from the stable-yard , and half a dozen brothers from various scattered occupations , all appeared on the scene almost before the porter was out of his lodge in haste to greet Prior Robert , the sheriff and the guests . |
| 25 | Bob sat sucking toffees , and watching Dyson from behind his hand . |
| 26 | The pharmacien came out from behind his counter , sat her down , removed her sandal with the tenderness of a foot-fetishist , examined her heel , cleaned it with a piece of gauze , stood up , turned to me gravely , as if there were something which really ought to be kept from my wife , and quietly explained , ‘ That , Monsieur , is a blister . ’ |
| 27 | With the other hand as he kissed her this chaste cool kiss , he reached back and shook free something from behind his neck . |
| 28 | The beefy man climbed down from behind his counter and led Joe to the back of the shop , where he unlocked a door . |
| 29 | Scott-Scobie suddenly woke up from behind his Financial Times and asked : What was that ? |
| 30 | Mr Stanforth came from behind his desk to meet his visitor in person , and settle her with ceremony into the client 's chair , though she was not a client , had no need whatever of a solicitor , and had come here in response to his telephoned request chiefly out of pure curiosity , of which she had a woman 's proper share . |