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1  He seemed determined to take me behind, so I consented.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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2  As the door was closing behind him, he called him back.
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3  I looked out from behind the curtain and surveyed the house.
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4  After the performance was over, I went behind and spoke to her.
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5  The horrible night that he had passed had left phantoms behind it.
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6  "Shut the door behind you," he whispered, as he placed the lamp on the table.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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7  As soon as it was over, Dorian Gray rushed behind the scenes into the greenroom.
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8  I hear a gentleman comes every night to the theatre and goes behind to talk to her.
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9  He passed out of the room and began the ascent, Basil Hallward following close behind.
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10  As the door closed behind them, the painter flung himself down on a sofa, and a look of pain came into his face.
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11  When his servant entered, he looked at him steadfastly and wondered if he had thought of peering behind the screen.
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12  When the blood crept from its face, and left behind a pallid mask of chalk with leaden eyes, he would keep the glamour of boyhood.
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13  He took up from the couch the great purple-and-gold texture that covered it, and, holding it in his hands, passed behind the screen.
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14  As he closed the door behind him, Dorian Gray touched the bell, and in a few minutes Victor appeared with the lamps and drew the blinds down.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
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15  On the first night I was at the theatre, the horrid old Jew came round to the box after the performance was over and offered to take me behind the scenes and introduce me to her.
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16  "I dare say, my dear," said Lord Henry, shutting the door behind her as, looking like a bird of paradise that had been out all night in the rain, she flitted out of the room, leaving a faint odour of frangipanni.
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17  On the wall behind it was hanging the same ragged Flemish tapestry where a faded king and queen were playing chess in a garden, while a company of hawkers rode by, carrying hooded birds on their gauntleted wrists.
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