Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] from the back of " in BNC.

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1 The maid came through from the back of the house and bobbed a curtsy to Emily .
2 When he roars in from the back of the auditorium , swinging on to the stage from a box , you know that this is the start of something very good .
3 Lowden bridges are unusual in two respects : the saddles are split into two sections for optimum intonation on wound and unwound strings , and the strings mount through from the back of the bridge rather than via the old bridge-pin method , which would mean a longer string-changing time .
4 Basically , you just plug in the board — a long , 16-bit card with a LAN cable connector on the end that pokes out from the back of your computer — and run the SoftSet set-up program .
5 At the top of the hill near the last curve of the weedy driveway that led round from the back of the villa a young man stood watching their approach .
6 Benin 's deputy hurried round from the back of the van .
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