Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [prep] the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was stripped to the waist and as he jogged along between the shafts a few coins — obviously his meagre earnings for the day — jingled pathetically in a leather pouch fastened to the back of his belt . |
| 2 | Head up into the wind with most of the weight placed on the back foot and a low crouched position . |
| 3 | Police say a stolen lorry which had four foot long spikes welded to the back was probably going to be used in a ram raid . |
| 4 | Sorry to butt in but if anybody 's got a car parked at the back here , the warden 's taken all the . |
| 5 | Keep your body weight applied to the back part of the inside rail throughout the turn . |
| 6 | A figure crawled round the back of the crowd towards the bicycle . |
| 7 | A knitted sweater of cream wool hung across the back of the passenger seat and there was a striped silk scarf , cream , red and black , on the dashboard shelf . |
| 8 | There was some desultory laughter and a few heads turned to the back of the room . |
| 9 | A publicity photograph had shown one of the Doonettes , the electrifying step-dancing duo which performs with the band , caught with skirt raised at the back to reveal considerably less than might be observed on Whitley Bay sands , let alone the Riviera . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I just saw a car run into the back of another car and a lorry ended up going sideways ’ , Sacco went on . |
| 12 | The room was exactly as she 'd left it — shoes in the middle of the floor , the overall she wore for doing the bedrooms thrown over the back of the chair . |
| 13 | As the bus was waiting in Bondgate a lorry carrying scaffolding reversed into the back of the bus . |
| 14 | he said oh it 's not rigged up , there 's no plug on it , there 's no speakers attached to the back , I says well when can you get rigged up ? |
| 15 | Not only had £250,000 worth of equipment fallen off the back of a submarine , but the torpedo firing system and the periscope were out of commission as well ! |
| 16 | Well , when we say horrifying car crash what we really mean is that one of the two cars got a puncture and the other vehicle bashed into the back of them but you never know , it could have been worse . |
| 17 | Like Valesio , he had been shot through the mouth , but this time the only sign of damage was a single discreet exit wound in the back of the neck . |
| 18 | Otherwise the sets are based on a bare raked platform overlooked by a gallery , and with an enormous window let into the back wall for the offstage wedding scene of Act 2 . |
| 19 | Otherwise the sets are based on a bare raked platform overlooked by a gallery , and with an enormous window let into the back wall for the offstage wedding scene of Act 2 . |
| 20 | The Carrera 4 still has its engine sited behind the back axle , VW Beetle-style , in no man 's land where no self-respecting car designer would ever site the engine of a truly new car . |
| 21 | And should we say the same of the large dalmatian sitting beside her , and also of her 6-month-old child strapped in the back seat ? |
| 22 | A puggaree of Indian cotton hung from the back of his hat , to protect his neck from the sun ; a brown veil shielded his eyes from the snow ; a whistle hung from his button-hole . ’ |
| 23 | Four horses were pulling the mud wagon ; two spares were on twenty-foot lines tied to the back end . |
| 24 | ‘ A smudge of make-up rubbed on the back of the hand , a lot of agonising … it 's like buying a hat by trying it on your foot ’ |
| 25 | When the whole of the charge secured by that entry is to be repaid the form of withdrawal endorsed on the back of the lender 's official notice of deposit is completed and handed over ; when the notice of deposit relates to other property as well as that being sold , and so will continue in respect of that other property after completion , the notice of deposit must of course be retained by the lender . |
| 26 | If he starts playing with the keys attached to the back of their belts , they push him away . |
| 27 | Gently , so very gently , his fingers wrapped around the back of her neck , warm beneath her hair . |
| 28 | There are many useful leaflets you can obtain from the Inland Revenue and from the various organisations listed at the back of the book , that will help you if you find your tax situation confusing . |
| 29 | A few moments later he was scuttling through the palace 's corridors holding the message capsule and — owing to carelessness brought on by surprise — sucking at the nasty beak wound on the back of his hand . |
| 30 | Mr Chad said that police had found an epitaph for Faye written on the back of an envelope at Harris 's lodgings . |