Example sentences of "[adj] behind his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Na , na , na , baby ’ ducking his head down and shaking it , his elbows bent up and his clicking fingers held high behind his ears , while he footed round the room . |
| 2 | But she did not see the features of the Reverend Mr Bottingley , broad and bland behind his handkerchief . |
| 3 | ‘ Most people are wrong most of the time , ’ he said , with such firmness that she slid him another look , surprised ; he was strong behind his gentleness and hesitancy , she thought — strong in a way that was n't common . |
| 4 | The ‘ broth ’ came through , followed closely by the tall figure of their father , who stood right behind his boys as they stood and stared at their sister . |
| 5 | well what he , he got a windless behind his cabin |
| 6 | But there was a faint glimmer in his eyes , like those of a favourite uncle hiding something unexpected behind his back . |
| 7 | Mrs Scutt bellowed with laughter , slapped him hard on the back , and explained herself so plainly that Charlie went purple behind his mask . |
| 8 | And Andrus would be untouched , impregnable behind his rigid simplicities . |
| 9 | Kuchuk was sitting cross-legged behind his saddle . |
| 10 | One of them admittedly retains a glazed , half-shut look , but the other , propped open behind his monocle , continues to observe the world with bulbous attention . |
| 11 | Close behind his PA , the formidable Helen Liddell , kept her mobile phone clamped to her ear and an anxious eye on her watch . |
| 12 | The hills outside the city are remote and blue behind his head as he leans back in his chair , shirt sleeves rolled up , collar and tie loosened . |
| 13 | His presence in the pitch darkness was marked only by the dull glow of a cigarette , its red tip pulsing into light every few moments to reveal the black pencil of the Colonel 's moustache as he sat , immobile behind his desk , reflecting on the previous day 's visitor . |
| 14 | Also , do not allow a player to make the ball dead behind his own goal-line unless he is being tackled ; a player making the ball dead when there is no player within 10 years of him should have to take a drop-out from under the posts . |