Example sentences of "[pron] at the back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone at the back of the party slips , the load is transmitted straight through to the leader rather than pulling direct on the intermediate members . |
| 2 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
| 3 | Rachel Stevens blinked as Ron Banks , the health and safety officer , flicked the switch of the video recorder and someone at the back of the room turned on the light . |
| 4 | Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second . |
| 5 | Although Phil had been slightly reserved in his manner towards her ( Nancy ) , she knew that that was his way and she was enjoying the company of that wiry , small-boned , gently spoken citizen from Sacramento who almost invariably found himself at the back of every queue that ever formed itself . |
| 6 | ‘ I saw the rose he gave you at the back of the drawer , wrapped in silver foil ! ’ |
| 7 | I mean we 've still got a barren at the back , somebody kicks you at the back on that barren and er in the skeleton that 's exactly like the barren in a monkey 's tail |
| 8 | Five fifty against you at the back at five hundred and fifty pounds , you all done at five fifty . |
| 9 | Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , maybe there 's something at the back of a cupboard somewhere , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Similarly , as the hand wanders in a doodle , the mind is free to concentrate on something at the back of it : in this case , the ideas just put before the children . |
| 12 | You know there 's something at the back of my mind about that Datsun and I ca n't think what it is . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes I think there 's something at the back of all this that 's so … so bloody bizarre . |
| 14 | There 's one at the back on that erm |
| 15 | Being anchor man , the one at the back of the rope , and because we were walking directly into the sun , I delighted in the shadows of those in front . |
| 16 | Vic takes the Daily Mail with him to the lavatory , the one at the back of the house , next to the tradesmen 's entrance , with a plain white suite , intended for the use of charladies , gardeners and workmen . |
| 17 | There was a box of matches in a brass holder chained to the candlerack , similar to the one at the back of the church . |
| 18 | Er there 's another one at the back of Victoria Centre , it 's on the corner it 's the new red brick building and that is a much more complicated more where you can go in and have your M O T done . |
| 19 | The wall on the left seems to be the back of a bank , the wall on the right and the one at the back of the yard belong to the Admiralty . |
| 20 | Apart from there 's erm there 's one at the back of the book which is er machine washable . |
| 21 | There 's one at the back of the free , double one at the back of the freezer , so he 's put it right this side so it 's just up above it there . |
| 22 | There 's one at the back of the free , double one at the back of the freezer , so he 's put it right this side so it 's just up above it there . |
| 23 | She was able to get her bearings this way and soon found herself at the back of the house . |
| 24 | You came without warning and without asking my permission and sat with her at the back of the lecture theatre , exchanging glances and comments . |
| 25 | Lying on your side , lift your straight leg high in the I air , supporting it at the back of the ankle or at the calf I muscle . |
| 26 | I 've lived with it ever since , had it at the back of my head ever since . |
| 27 | doing it at the back of their , at the back . |
| 28 | ‘ If you do n't go , you 'll have it at the back of your mind for the rest of your life , wondering what it would have been like to really know him . |
| 29 | He had fought off his anger , but Jenna could still see it at the back of his eyes . |
| 30 | I seemed to remember he had one and put it at the back of one of his chairs , and |