Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they hit the main road and he opened the bike up and for an awful second she thought she was going to slide off the back . |
| 2 | Then I thought , well , I 'll have to tackle him somehow , so the best way , rain or no rain , was to go out the back way and take him from behind . ’ |
| 3 | Some experienced speakers ask a friend to stand against the back wall and signal with hands facing forward by their ears if you need to speak louder , and with hands horizontal if you should speak more softly . |
| 4 | and I says then we 'll have to come in the back and all them dishes standing there and , and that 's one thing John hates , if any of his ones come up |
| 5 | and the hand does n't sneak out afterwards and starts popping out and then it 's useless , then the rest of all this stuff you just get it out of the way under the arm , it 's all gone , right , this bit comes up between the two shoulder blades , do n't make the mistake of bringing it across there , a lot of people do that , that wo n't do , you have to come round the back and between these two shoulder blades to get maximum support , you 've got to hold this elbow up and then you tie it near the hand , now I recommend that you tie it and talk to your casualty , half tie it and say is that supporting you enough ? |
| 6 | Do you want to write on the back of |
| 7 | Yeah I think erm actually my there 's probably nothing wrong with my pens , I 'm trying to write on the back of this paper it 's paper |
| 8 | Indeed the identi-kit minister called ‘ God 's man ’ used to appear on the back cover of Life and Work in advertisements inviting legacies to be left to the Church and Ministry department , was aged about 60 and had white hair and a moustache . |
| 9 | As the sun rose higher in the pale sky the temperature climbed steeply and patches of perspiration began to appear on the backs of the men 's shirts . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I ate the biscuits in one go and walked on to the boat , climbing up the decks to stand at the back . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There were so many mourners at the funeral that some had to stand at the back and listen to the service relayed by loudspeakers . |
| 14 | Someone had come down the stairs in a hurry and turned sharply to go towards the back of the house . |
| 15 | The Romanians managed to duck round the back and take up the lead as the French extracted themselves from their collision with the pontoon . |
| 16 | Yet all turned out for the best : on 20 July 1836 , Daniel Jones returned Benjamin his indenture , only too pleased to inscribe on the back of it the fact that he had appreciated the boy 's seven years with him , and making him a generous gift of five pounds in the process . |
| 17 | But Becky often skipped away to listen at the back . |
| 18 | She closed her door quietly , regretting not leaving the Polo on the road , and tried to sneak through the back way to her room . |
| 19 | Atherton batted beautifully for 42 but then left kicking himself for slamming a wide ball from Reiffel straight to cover off the back foot . |
| 20 | The red-haired woman in the house next door most certainly heard it , and hurried to another upstairs window to look out the back , for the cry seemed to have come from the yard of her neighbour 's house . |
| 21 | If the patient still needs to use a wheelchair , you will need one which is fully portable and the right size to fit into the back of the car . |
| 22 | Colour a tiny piece of fondant blue and mould it into a 5cm ( 2inch ) rounded bench to fit into the back of the cabin area . |
| 23 | When she 'd been right round the edges of the roof and gathered all the flowers into a bunch , she climbed down the ladder and began to walk along the back path out of the village . |
| 24 | I look forward to hearing from you , and very much hope that you are able to help with the back issues . |
| 25 | Waiting for the kettle to boil he grabs a pencil and begins to scribble on the back of an old envelop … |
| 26 | I would really love to have long hair but it never seems to grow at the back , only at the fringe ! |
| 27 | In use I found the sack comfortable and stable to carry with the back just long enough for me to use the hip belt , which was functional , if a little basic . |
| 28 | The teacher accompanying the children had asked them not to sit along the back seat . |
| 29 | I have offered to sleep in the back of the Toyota . |
| 30 | ‘ His bedroom is that room there ; he preferred to sleep in the back . |