Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prince of Wales also cancelled plans to attend Royal Ascot to take the opportunity to recover from the back injury he aggravated at polo on Sunday . |
| 2 | I felt the sinking whir of the back wheel as it dug its own grave . |
| 3 | Athelstan swung his cloak around him , picked up his writing tray and examined the beautiful embroidery of the dorsar draped over the back of one of the chairs . |
| 4 | At Chalton the doors were hung inside the building closing against the back of the door frame . |
| 5 | Mildred did her best to arrange the bucket hanging from the back , but it was obviously going to spill the minute they took off , she put the bucket back onto the window-sill , climbed onto the broom first , and then settled the bucket in her lap . |
| 6 | As the women 's voices soared and broke into part-singing so that the phrase ‘ We sit down and weep ’ rang round and round the group , the hair prickled on the back of my neck . |
| 7 | I lay very still , the hair rising on the back of my neck as something nudged me through the canvas . |
| 8 | The hair rose on the back of the boy 's neck . |
| 9 | ‘ The baker works in the back , you see , so he does n't show a light until he opens at six . |
| 10 | And to get them unclipped you got to push a pound coin in one way and the clip comes out the back |
| 11 | There were curious villagers waiting for the wedding to begin in the back seats of the church but they did not look to left or right . |
| 12 | Head up into the wind with most of the weight placed on the back foot and a low crouched position . |
| 13 | Kokotsu dachi ( back stance ) : this stance has 70% of the weight distributed on the back leg and 30% on the front leg , keeping both feet flat . |
| 14 | If you were skilled the card flew to the back of the pavement and the next player threw , trying to cover the first card with his . |
| 15 | And so er , they changed hats , when they get there , and the chauffeur 's introduced a as the professor , goes on the platform , and of course the professor sits at the back of the room with the chauffeur 's hat . |
| 16 | Since the election of the Tory Government of 1979 , which allowed the pound to rise on the back of North Sea oil in the early eighties and left British industry defenceless in the face of foreign competition , or ( according to your point of view ) exposed its inefficiency ( Vic inclines to the first view , but in certain moods will admit the force of the second ) , one-third of all the engineering companies in the West Midlands have closed down . |
| 17 | Move the lever so that the wheel runs along the back of the straight former . |
| 18 | The archaeologist appeared from the back of the juggernaut . |
| 19 | A door from the hall opened into the back of the shop . |
| 20 | But with the thrust coming from the back the body is nose-heavy and liable to dive downwards . |
| 21 | The question stayed in the back of his mind . |
| 22 | Bernice was pushed between the canvas flaps at the back of the wagon . |
| 23 | ‘ Yn-mes a forth , cothwas ! ’ the boy snarled , the sound coming from the back of his throat . |
| 24 | → There are a number of suppliers that can provide the correct style bridge and also the string ferrules for the back of the body — look in the classified section at the back of this issue . |
| 25 | He had only just disappeared down the graveyard path and out of sight when the postman arrived at the back gate . |
| 26 | Because she said because he wo n't let the postman come round the back so she has to keep him inside . |
| 27 | The Vice-Admiral lived at the back , and he opened his front door a few seconds after Pooley rang the bell . |
| 28 | Her mother had left the toddler strapped in the back of the car , with the keys in the ignition , while she went into the kiosk to pay . |
| 29 | It 's only thanks to Clark 's quick thinking that Richard did n't lose his sight and the pellet from the airrifle went into the back of his head rather than his eye . |
| 30 | All the rest comes from the back and the legs . |