To my dismay the creature flew straight for the great mire, and my acquaintance never paused for an instant, bounding from tuft to tuft behind it, his green net waving in the air.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
A boulder of granite concealed our approach, and crouching behind it we gazed over it at the signal light.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It was all dim and vague, but always there is the dark shadow of crime behind it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Then on the top of these more or less vague impressions there had come the definite and distinct warning of Miss Stapleton, delivered with such intense earnestness that I could not doubt that some grave and deep reason lay behind it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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— in the place or situation that is being or has been departed from
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— at someone/something’s back or opposite side
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IT
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— that one —used as subject or direct object or indirect object of a verb or object of a preposition usually in reference to a lifeless thing
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— referring to something that has been mentioned
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