keep in the background

A man has his work to do, and so for him love is kept in the background.

"They have been very careful to keep in the background."

This simple plot worked best when kept in the background.

This thought he kept in the background and refused to consider.

Gadgets kept in the background, yet anything at all available when needed.

Keep in the background and intervene only after the main danger is over.

Yet, throughout the remainder of his life, he managed to keep in the background.

"My orders were to make sure he didn't leave the house with anybody against his will, but otherwise to keep in the background."

Of course I'll have to keep in the background, myself."

The four parents remembered their Punch training and kept in the background unless someone was alone.

He had been keeping in the background, trying to remain inconspicuous.

Moreover, at the time we reached the Philippines there was an additional reason why the army should be kept in the background.

The lawyers, bankers and public relations counselors were kept in the background.

But I was always kept in the background - which I'm grateful for.

She kept in the background, realizing that she had only been brought along to make up numbers.

But often he is kept in the background.

He was a shy chap, and he kept in the background.

Yet he has cunningly kept in the background, doing all his work through trusted agents.

Why should I be kept in the background?

The Iraqi secret police, which arrived with the first troops, kept in the background for the first month.

The issue truth-versus-untruth is as far as possible kept in the background.

She should be given more to do in tandem with the other three, rather than kept in the background for the majority of the show.

At first, Smythe's name was kept in the background.

Any regret or self-pity is kept in the background.

Within the Nuttall Club, however, he kept in the background.