Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at [art] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | We 've got to sit at the back |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Very slowly an idea began to form at the back of his mind . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I would really love to have long hair but it never seems to grow at the back , only at the fringe ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They 've continued to dig at the back of a house in Swindons Old Town . |
| 10 | Now what did you want to say at the back ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | There were so many mourners at the funeral that some had to stand at the back and listen to the service relayed by loudspeakers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The front of her hair was flattened by a battery of pearl clips and left to rise at the back in styrofoam peaks . |