Example sentences of "it [adv] behind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dalgliesh passed through the grille door into the body of the church , turning to close it gently behind him . |
| 2 | She gasped as his hand tightened on hers and drew it swiftly behind her back . |
| 3 | No it kee keep going with the arrows and get it just behind the letter you wan na delete , keep going , keep going go keep going , keep going and again now delete , backspace |
| 4 | I reach forward , the knife in one hand , the other glove touching then gathering and balling a fistful of duvet and then pulling it sharply , throwing it away behind me as I leap forward , seeing her pale nakedness in the same instant as I slap my hand over her mouth ; her eyes open wide and she starts trying to push up ; I force her back down into the bed , hand still over her mouth . |
| 5 | She hid it away behind a bright , brittle insouciance which plainly worried Elise to death , but for several nights wept silently into her pillow , utterly shattered to find she 'd wanted Penry 's child quite desperately without even realising it . |
| 6 | Ellwood shifted the sole of his foot to put it directly behind Annie 's head , knee bent . |
| 7 | Willie closed it carefully behind them and they walked into a wild and unkempt garden . |
| 8 | Meredith pushed open the five-barred gate and refastened it carefully behind her . |
| 9 | He closed it carefully behind him . |
| 10 | He activated the lock with his magnetic strip ID card , then repeated the action on the inner door leading into his private office , closing it securely behind him . |
| 11 | Well , the Bonn government has put up DM3.3 billion ( $2.2 billion ) to help the countries struggling to put things right in the Gulf , and it says it will raise more , but this still leaves it well behind Japan . |
| 12 | She pushed it open and slipped outside , closing it silently behind her . |
| 13 | George climbed over the gate while Willie opened and shut it neatly behind him . |
| 14 | He swung open the gate and shut it firmly behind him . |
| 15 | It took a long time , but she finally got the drunken figure out of the door and closed it firmly behind him . |
| 16 | Now he was looking at Toby with the pleading grin of the schoolboy planning a jape , and Toby , who was near enough to that stage to want to put it firmly behind him , would have loved to refuse . |
| 17 | Embarrassed , now that he had noticed what was happening , Dyson removed his hand from his jacket pocket and slipped it inconspicuously behind his back . |
| 18 | Thankfully they were all too engrossed to notice her , and she gained the front door unmolested and slipped through it , closing it softly behind her . |
| 19 | If the handler tries simply to grasp the scruff or does not hold it tight behind the ears he is liable to be bitten . |
| 20 | She moved to the door , opened it and was about to bang it violently behind her when Luke caught hold of her again . |
| 21 | The SDI gearbox will not fit directly into a SIII but may be fitted with the transfer box conversion as supplied by Ian Ashcroft 0582 761081 or by converting your transfer box and mounting it remotely behind the main gearbox . |