in the background

See a man in his own background, you learn something about him.

The man in the background got to his feet again.

Do you want some things to run in the background?

Your father had been a public figure most of his life but she was very much in the background.

He could hear the sound of music in the background.

At one point a child calls out in the background.

But his job was to stay in the background and learn what he could.

He could hear his father saying something in the background.

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

If people want to leave us in the background, we'll just keep going about our business.