lie behind something

The body lay behind him, under that of its mother.

He had a good idea of what lay behind it.

He looked at me instead, and I knew exactly what lay behind his smile.

We laid a few miles behind us without saying anything to each other.

He gave me a long, hard look, and I couldn't even guess what lay behind it.

Whatever lay behind that door, she didn't want to know.

Together, they'd found a way to take the hurt out of what lay behind them.

Finally we lay behind a tree and I looked around it.

But if murder lay behind the game, the story would be different.

He watched it for a while, and then lost interest in what lay behind him.

An hour afterward and the field of horns lay two miles behind.

His thoughts soared away from what lay behind, already seeking the peace ahead.

I walked the path in front of me, not bothering to turn to see what lay behind.

I plunged through and followed the corridor that lay behind.

And I could not turn my head very far to see what lay behind, above, or below.

But beyond it, there was worse than what lay behind.

And yet he did not know whether danger lay ahead or behind.

Yet if she could chip the surface stone away and see what lay behind.

But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there.

A good third of his Saldaeans lay dead along the miles behind.