Sentence examples for served behind from inspiring English sources

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She still served behind the bar every afternoon and evening.

There is no death penalty in international criminal law, and any prison term would be served behind British bars.

Eighteen of the 27 years he served behind bars were spent in the windswept Robben Island prison, which the US President visited on Sunday with his family.

It can be tough, endlessly waiting to be served behind the guy who asks for a beer, only to remember that actually, he'd quite like a glass of wine as well, and hang on – once the bartender has finished getting those, why doesn't he add a cheeky Guinness?

At Pravda, at 281 Lafayette Street in New York, Jason Kosmas, the bar manager, makes his Vesper as if it were being served behind the Iron Curtain, with three parts vodka to one part gin, a reverse of the original recipe.

During the 20 years of a life sentence that I served behind bars I met thousands of people convicted of every type of crime, yet I never heard a single one saying they were proud for having caused harm and distress to others.

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They look like the hands of a beautician serving behind a counter in Harvey Nichols or Selfridges.

In the early 19th century it was considered immoral for a girl to be serving behind a counter.

We end the day with Billie and Etta serving behind a bar, the owner wants them to come back when they're 18.

Called to the bar at a young age, my "brother" had spent a lifetime earning the means serving behind it to drink endlessly at it.

The 105-ranked Brown's game is built around a massive first serve, behind which he likes to attack the net whenever he can.

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