Union armies had marched across the South leaving behind them widespread destruction.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

Behind them, a fourth form rises out of the uncut stone.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

At the time, their best playing days were behind them.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

Above all they need the political will behind them. And then they can be effective."

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Film producers and owners of multiscreen cinemas are also expressing hope that with the strike behind them, they can focus on other issues of concern to the industry.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05

I was driving right behind them and saw the whole thing.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

With their first experience as a host country for a FIFA event nearly behind them, Egyptians are looking ahead to the World Cup in South Africa next year, and are anxious to share their experiences with their fellow Africans.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

"They remain treated as temporary migrants and, without that piece of paper, some form of identification, they are not able to access many of these government schemes that exist now, that have large funds behind them and could actually make a huge difference in poor people's lives,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

And we need to form an even stronger partnership to bring down the walls of the 21st century and to confront those who hide behind them the suicide bombers, those who murder and maim girls whose only wish is to go to school, leaders who chose their own fortunes over the fortunes of their people,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

The idea behind microfinance is to empower borrowers by helping them build a business which can create income and grow.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Hundreds of dancers and singers, many of them dressed in traditional costumes, strutted behind a marching band to Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium for the dress rehearsal of Friday's World Cup opening ceremony.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

He says he has seen all types of migrants at the house,including countless mothers with babies, even young children seeking to reunite with parents who have gone north and left them behind.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

"For those who wish to become citizens, we should require them to pay a penalty and pay taxes, learn English, go to the back of the line behind those who played by the rules.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

"If it had not been for them, I would not be here today," Wilson says the dedication of the Japanese American soldiers was all the more remarkable given the fact that they had left behind their families in internment camps where the U.S.government had placed them out of fear that they might help Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04