Example sentences of "at the [adj] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jess stuck out her tongue at the broad back and said in demure tones : ‘ No , but her is … no offence meant . ’ |
| 2 | She scowled at the broad back , with the T-shirt stretched taut over his muscles , and wondered how it would look with a sandwich hurled at it . |
| 3 | ‘ Well ? ’ she pressed him , sitting up and looking at the broad back facing her . |
| 4 | Then I looked up at the north-facing back of the house , at my own room . |
| 5 | Moving to the door he called at the retreating back : |
| 6 | ‘ Flash bastard ! ’ he shouted at the retreating back . |
| 7 | Shocked , she stared disbelievingly at the receding back of Doctor Anderson , and wondered what had been contained in the message that had made a member of the staff drop everything in such an unprofessional way . |
| 8 | It has a phosphor screen on the inside of the front glass face plate , and an electron gun tucked away at the bottom back corner . |
| 9 | He had gagged for hours following the ordeal , convinced that one of the dog 's hairs had lodged itself at the very back of his throat where his fingers were unable to reach . |
| 10 | With the skeg placed at the very back , there is also less chance of spin out . |
| 11 | The underwater shape at the very back of the board . |
| 12 | And , however disreputable the world you move him through , it is as well at the very back of the mind to remember this . |
| 13 | Now look at Right at the very back , |
| 14 | If you want to It 's at the very back , I can see it . |
| 15 | The old memories were stuffed back into the dark , locked cupboard at the very back of her mind , where she kept them safely shut away . |
| 16 | Life had caught up with her , her job , her problems , but always at the very back of her mind the dream remained — Andalucía and a brilliant , handsome man on horseback , secret gardens with wrought-iron gates , fierce fighting bulls and beautiful Arab horses . |
| 17 | It still contained a handful of cosmetics , and , at the very back , her mother 's suede jewellery case . |
| 18 | All done at one thirty , any more one fifty sixty , seventy one eighty one , one ninety two hundred two twenty two forty two forty at the very back there , any more at two forty ? |
| 19 | And at the very back , the small , patient figure of Phil Aldrich , seeking ( of this , Ashenden could have little doubt ) to avoid the embarrassment of refusing to sign Janet Roscoe 's latest petition . |
| 20 | If I may just refer you sir to er my appendix which it actually the last page of your papers erm er if you see on it is actually page numbered thirty one and it 's paragraph thirteen thirty six at the very back of the papers . |
| 21 | He 's right at the very back |
| 22 | The next job is to position the internal electrical appliances , with one Fluval in each corner , the Spray-bar fitted to the Fluval 3 and positioned at the top back of the aquarium , just under the covers . |
| 23 | Looking at the large back panel of the S80 the most noticeable thing is the lack of sockets . |
| 24 | Nell tripped on the edge of the door frame , fell head-first into the engine room , and was conscious of something scything through the air , snatching at the rubber back of her wet suit . |