[Corpora-List] adverbial 'behind'

Marc FRYD marc.fryd at univ-poitiers.Fr
Sat May 29 13:48:02 UTC 2010


Hi everyone,

In the second episode of "The Wire," one of the characters says the 
following:
"[I am] sorry they lost their daddy behind what happened". This is in 
reference to some kids losing their father after he was shot.
Is anyone familiar with this particular usage of 'behind'?

Best,
Marc


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