1.   When he came to, he was lying on the floor with his hands tied behind his back.

2.   Then I began to realize that my hands were tied behind my back and my legs were also secured to something.

3.   The Chancellor fought hard to improve on the initial proposals put to ECOFIN, but he was fighting with one hand tied behind his back.

4.   At the moment they are tackling record crime rates with one hand tied behind their back.

5.   He had been hooded, his hands tied behind his back, and then shot in the head.

6.   John Williams, prosecuting, said she woke up to find herself in a hotel room with her hands tied behind her back.

7.   And removing it would be like asking the local council to continue its work with one hand tied behind its back.

8.   Amanullah said he counted eight dead with their hands tied behind them.

9.   At best, Kasper was coaching with one hand tied behind his back and his neck in a noose.