Example sentences of "[verb] my back on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farm stands on a spur of moorland on the northern edge of the forest , and within 10 minutes I had turned my back on the corduroy battalions of trees and was striding under a still , cloudy sky over tussocks of rush and coarse grass , with my face to the long , bare shoulders of open hillside that flank the winding shallows of the East Kielder Burn . |
| 2 | When I came round I felt much better and I turned my back on the lake and went home . |
| 3 | I turned my back on the lochan and walked a dozen paces away from the edge before heading back towards the road . |
| 4 | Outside I turned my back on the stairs and walked on down the passage . |
| 5 | Unlike Mike , however , I shall not turn my back on the game I love . |