Example sentences of "[to-vb] at the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more fundamental design fault is the positioning of our noses above our mouths , which requires our food and air passages to meet at the back of the throat , an arrangement which exists because the nostril in fish is not a breathing passage , but an opening to a chemical sense organ . |
| 2 | I ate the biscuits in one go and walked on to the boat , climbing up the decks to stand at the back . |
| 3 | She was forced to stand at the back , squashed between a thin jeans-clad youth with bony shoulders and sharp elbows and a red-faced man with a paunch . |
| 4 | There were so many mourners at the funeral that some had to stand at the back and listen to the service relayed by loudspeakers . |
| 5 | But Becky often skipped away to listen at the back . |
| 6 | I would really love to have long hair but it never seems to grow at the back , only at the fringe ! |
| 7 | Very slowly an idea began to form at the back of his mind . |
| 8 | If the space extends to soil at the back of the wall , so much the better , as the plant can then root through into it , and the choice widens to include any small perennial herb . |
| 9 | ‘ If he did he 'd have had to park at the back of St Manicus house since they 've banned parking in the precinct now . |
| 10 | He stopped , and there was a pause , and then someone started to clap at the back of the studio , and George , who had been sitting with his chin on his chest , impassively listening , looked up . |
| 11 | So inviting was the gap created that the loose forward was able to score at the back of the posts , leaving Maskill with another simple kick . |
| 12 | Perhaps the scarcity is of trombonists keen to seek the front of the platform — it may be more appealing to lurk at the back , menacing one 's colleagues from behind . |
| 13 | A tiny weeny hint of a plan began to tinkle at the back of my brain like a triangle at the back of an orchestra . |
| 14 | The leaders had their work cut out keeping the group together , and one or both had to remain at the back to motivate the slower ones — the most effective method seemed to be carrying their kit , though this tended to be a last resort . |
| 15 | ‘ I tell her to sit at the back of the class , otherwise nobody can see over her head . ’ |
| 16 | Boys 14 and 15 once tried to sit at the back of the coach but were rapidly sent to the front where , it was said , ‘ they always sat ’ . |
| 17 | We 've got to sit at the back |
| 18 | Now what did you want to say at the back ? |
| 19 | They 've continued to dig at the back of a house in Swindons Old Town . |
| 20 | The front of her hair was flattened by a battery of pearl clips and left to rise at the back in styrofoam peaks . |