Example sentences of "[verb] at the back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fresco is mirrored by another that can be seen from Via Falcone at the back of the church . |
| 2 | Valderrama is still their main inspiration and , as they showed in the play-off against Israel , their team is well organised at the back with the ability to strike quickly on the break . |
| 3 | Brief biographical details about each of the authors appear at the back of the book , as do comprehensive Teacher 's Notes . |
| 4 | The retina itself is located at the back of the eye , and here the visual image forms , being transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve . |
| 5 | A more fundamental design fault is the positioning of our noses above our mouths , which requires our food and air passages to meet at the back of the throat , an arrangement which exists because the nostril in fish is not a breathing passage , but an opening to a chemical sense organ . |
| 6 | Allan Ramsay 's engaging portrait of Sir Edward and Lady Turner ( lot 21 , unpublished est. £250,000–350,000 ) , fresh from exhibition at the National Portrait Galleries of Edinburgh and London and sent to auction by the sitters ' descendants , fetched the morning 's top price , as expected , when it sold for £500,000 , an auction record for his work , to an agent bidding at the back of the room on behalf of a private collector against keen competition from David Posnett of Leger , who was the purchaser of a conversation piece by Nathaniel Hone ( lot 26 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) for £36,000 . |
| 7 | Yeah , well er , yeah well go down there I mean he still lives at the back of the shops still just ask him |
| 8 | They dived into the sand did n't they , so he would survive at the back of the |
| 9 | As the conference afternoon wore on , two Gardai were noticed at the back of the hall standing , ears bent listening to the speeches . |
| 10 | Bernice was pushed between the canvas flaps at the back of the wagon . |
| 11 | There is no foolproof way of determining if a Turkish knot has been used , but a fair indication can be obtained by looking at the back of the rug . |
| 12 | This is the ice-cream tent and this is the Ladies and changing rooms for some of the performers and instead of looking at the back of the bar during the interval , the audience can look out over the rolling Oxfordshire countryside . |
| 13 | This and other theatres elsewhere were at their peak when the gentry came in for the Quarter Sessions ; for wives and marriageable daughters , there were the balls and concerts of the Assembly Rooms specially built at the back of the George Hotel . |
| 14 | For the prizegiving a platform had been built at the back of the stands where the Princess Royal , assisted by Jackie Stewart , presented the prizes to the teams and individuals . |
| 15 | However , when you are choosing a lender for a standard variable mortgage , make sure you use the following charts , in conjunction with the details of special deals regularly featured at the back of the magazine . |
| 16 | Father asked for some volunteers to help Nicky collect at the back of the Church , he has already arranged this himself . |
| 17 | Used in this way , a chart would probably be more effective because it may be larger and more easily seen at the back of the class . |
| 18 | Donegal trawlers were seen at the back of the Skerries , Donegore and The Humps the day before the festival started . |
| 19 | The Rasakumbha positioned at the back of the image . |
| 20 | Since kitchens tend to be positioned at the back of the house , they are often in an ideal situation for extending into the back garden , or knocking through into a corridor or back room to create a more useful space . |
| 21 | Look at the back of the rug . |
| 22 | Oh look at the back of the door window a cigarette packet . |
| 23 | No lights needed at the back of the picture |
| 24 | Yesterday afternoon , they discovered a body buried at the back of a house in Swindon 's Old Town . |
| 25 | Given its height and vigour , L. serotina is probably best accommodated at the back of a herbaceous border or in the wild garden if you are lucky enough to have such a place . |
| 26 | Stuffed at the back of a drawer . |
| 27 | Peter , the things we 're talking about are highly commendable , but I suspect at the back of the minds of most kids at school the question of examinations — whether they 're going to get their O level , or their A level , or their G C E or whatever — to what extent are university people involved in examining ? |
| 28 | A large poster , spotlighted at the back of the shop , advertised the James Tissot exhibition currently showing at the art gallery . |
| 29 | Got at the back of the gallery that is . |
| 30 | The weather was changing : blue-black clouds were building in the south-east and , as Wycliffe arrived at the back of the Garlands ' shop , they obscured the sun . |