Sampson, for his part, was found guilty of trying to pull strings behind the scenes of a federal court case against Queens businessman Edul Ahmad — an effort to cover the senator's own embezzlement scheme using Ahmad's money, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (patch.com)
We try to pull the strings behind the scenes to get others to follow our ideas and our teachings. (redeeminggod.com)
I smell the gulf arabs pulling the strings behind the scenes here. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)