Sentence examples for sortie behind from inspiring English sources

He was known as a francophile, scrupulous translator and Proust scholar, had spent the second world war with the Special Operations Executive, and was rumoured to have helped save the life of the paper's editor, David Astor, during an SOE sortie behind German lines in south-east France shortly after D-day.

In the little-discussed realm of retail known as "replenishment" or "replacement shopping," the goal is to perfect basic garments expressly so that the time-crunched or shopaphobic guy can whiz in and out of a store as if on a jet-fueled sortie, halting only briefly behind enemy lines to grab three/six/nine of his tried-and-true chinos/briefs/socks.

It's a respectable start: ahead of Noah, Darren Aronofsky's own biblical sortie from March this year, in some places (Spain, Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines); behind it in others (Mexico, South Korea, Argentina, Australia).

This first sortie ended badly.

Next, a level, sunken space behind the glacis, the covered way, was provided so that defenders could assemble for a sortie under cover and out of sight of the attackers.

Friday's sortie was a preliminary meeting.

37 min: Keith Andrews breaks up an Estonian sortie past the halfway line immediately sets up a counter-attack and slips the ball through in behind the Estonia defence for Jonathan Walters to chase.

Our first sortie was to Scotland.