Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] at the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry to butt in but if anybody 's got a car parked at the back here , the warden 's taken all the . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Yesterday afternoon , they discovered a body buried at the back of a house in Swindon 's Old Town . |
| 5 | In actual competition , taekwondo exponents have to wear a specific , padded body armour , which is a sleeveless jacket fastened at the back with cord ties . |
| 6 | The goods shed at the back , and the train just coming in from Lincoln there . |
| 7 | No lights needed at the back of the picture |
| 8 | But Ryan decided that he 'd have his head shaved at the back of his head , so he got this boy to write his name on . |
| 9 | It has rows of vertical shirring and can be raised and lowered by cords threaded through rings concealed at the back of the blind . |
| 10 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 11 | It fitted her in as much as it had ever fitted anyone , but the bodice hung droopily over her breasts , and the neckline gaped softly round her throat , and the hem dipped at the back , with a scarcely perceptible , ineradicable dip . |
| 12 | The unusual theme was carried through the entire wedding , with vodka and schnapps served at the back of the church . |
| 13 | Seek advice from one of the Helplines listed at the back of the booklet , or a local STD clinic , and also read book three in this series before taking this step . |
| 14 | The Rasakumbha positioned at the back of the image . |
| 15 | He clasped his hands as the tears pushed at the back of his eyes . |
| 16 | Further details , including written information about any of our savings or lending services , can be obtained from any Midland Bank branch , or from the address shown at the back of this leaflet . |
| 17 | It was a sort of burnt orange colour with a large hole cut at the back so that the lean old arse Nigel hated so much could be shown to its full advantage . |
| 18 | Aunt Ema wore a scarf knotted at the back of her head in the way particular to women of the Kras , and she was always smiling . |
| 19 | Tears burned at the back of her eyelids , but she dare n't let him see . |
| 20 | ‘ When you 're a bit stronger , I 'll drive you over there each time he calls me in , ’ he said , and Joanna looked at him so gratefully that tears burned at the back of Sophie 's eyes . |
| 21 | And that 's where he moved from here over the road and after then he used to have his own , see , he had a slaughterhouse built at the back , see , he done away with the slaughterhouse down the piste and he used to kill all his stuff there . |
| 22 | R.B. Kitaj 's ‘ Rock garden ’ ( lot 42 , est. $200–300,000 ) , his major statement on Jewish anguish , was bought by a bidder seated at the back of the room for $140,000 ( £77,800 ) . |
| 23 | A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing . |
| 24 | A vague idea formed at the back of his mind . |
| 25 | ALWAYS SELF-CONSCIOUS OF HER WISPY HAIR , LAURA INVARIABLY WORE A SCARF OVER IT TIED AT THE BACK IN PEASANT STYLE . |
| 26 | Erm , that 's the reason for having the sections split at the back and the front of the binder . |
| 27 | The protest floated at the back of her numbed mind : how could she have the heart to deal such a blow only to satisfy her own thirst for scandal ? |