Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | The burdens were carried on the back , the weight being supported by a tump-line across the forehead . |
| 2 | Well it used to be carried on the back and . |
| 3 | Early visitors to Madeira and Porto Santo were rowed to the beach when the sea was calm and were then carried on the backs of boatmen who rolled up their trousers and waded ashore . |
| 4 | Passengers had perforce to ride , and goods were carried on the backs of packhorses or mules . |
| 5 | She added that to herself while , aloud , she elaborated , ‘ I was fishing for a coin that I 'd accidentally dropped down the back of the chair … and there was my passport and the rest of my stuff . ’ |
| 6 | Hung on the back wall were half-a-dozen milky seascapes . |
| 7 | His jackets were hung on the backs of chairs , his triumphantly acquired groceries were stacked in the sitting-room , his cigar butts filled the ashtrays and his glasses had made rings on the surface of the poolside table . |
| 8 | Press it flat with the seam you have sewn down the back of the head of the puppet . |
| 9 | And Andy written down the back if you want to scratch it . |
| 10 | Have you got down the back ? |
| 11 | This type of shift was slit down the back for ease of application and secured with back-tie draw-strings at the neck and waist ; such items were , it is assumed , readily available from the undertaker . |
| 12 | Well you can see where it 's stitched up the back , you can on Sharon 's |
| 13 | But his assertion that a Scottish parliament should have some say over the siting on Trident nuclear missiles in Scotland brought an angry Mr Hughes to the rostrum : ‘ Let's not get dragged down the back alleys of stupid silly little constitutional issues which are doing this party no good whatsoever . ’ |
| 14 | I was appalled to note in Peter Jones 's report today of the Scottish Labour conference that in opposing the proposal to give the Scottish party greater autonomy the North Aberdeen MP , Bob Hughes , could warn delegates against the danger of ‘ being dragged down the back alleys of silly little constitutional issues ’ . |
| 15 | Her hair 's tied up the back and it 's got on . |
| 16 | Yes it was sort of my library book 's gone down the back of my cupboard mummy ! |
| 17 | The sound makes small silverfish run down the back of my neck . |
| 18 | Standing on the front seat , Eb felt a rivulet of ice-cold water run down the back of his neck , and found that he was underneath a leaking gutter . |
| 19 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |
| 20 | Ashby was keen because of the sparking relationship that existed between Nicholson and Michelle — but eventually the script was put on the back burner . |
| 21 | The company 's next Sparc processor , the 100MHz Viper , has been put on the back burner pending Sun 's decision . |
| 22 | ‘ Ratners thought this through a couple of years ago and then found itself locked into the game of pushing price to keep volumes moving and everything was put on the back burner , ’ says Richards . |
| 23 | He wants the matter to be put on the back burner until the Republic have taken another important step towards next year 's USA finals . |
| 24 | Ah that 's a nerve , that 's a nerve getting inflamed up the back there . |