Example sentences of "[verb] at the back [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday afternoon , they discovered a body buried at the back of a house in Swindon 's Old Town . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Stuffed at the back of a drawer . |
| 4 | Pinnacle , based in Columbus , Ohio , had originally planned to use the Texas Instruments Inc 64-bit SuperSparc that Sun is using in its latest workstations , but realised some time ago that it was waiting at the back of a long line of manufacturers queuing for a trickle of SuperSparcs being thrown their way . |
| 5 | A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing . |
| 6 | Robert found her , smiling and alone , sitting at the back of a stand . |
| 7 | Diana can be spotted at the back of a royal group at the wedding reception . |
| 8 | Now the job is done by vast machines , which , with their great bulk and ponderous gait , resemble elephants travelling in reverse , the chute for the reject stalks hanging at the back like a canvas trunk . |
| 9 | If you sit at the back of a lecture hall , you 'll get less out of it than if you sit up front . |
| 10 | Sit at the back of a bluegrass concert in 80 of Kentucky 's 121 counties , and you will drink nothing more alcoholic than a tall glass of orange juice . |
| 11 | They 've continued to dig at the back of a house in Swindons Old Town . |
| 12 | She stayed at the back of a shop until it was time to come out cautiously and find an unoccupied phone again . |
| 13 | The matching skirt falls in full , soft pleats from a basque style waistband , elasticated at the back for a comfortable fit . |
| 14 | The brilliant beams of their torches were like searchlights , swinging wildly for a second , until they finally converged at the back of a container with its door ripped open and lying at a crazy angle . |