Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] at the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | The embroidery , a pattern of golden lily-flowers dotted here and there , each one at a fair distance from the other , would be confined to the shoulder band and to a broad sash fastening at the back in as large a bow as Miss Dallam would tolerate , its ends falling to the hem of her skirt . |
| 2 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
| 3 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
| 4 | ASENIOR police officer and his wife and two children escaped injury yesterday after a bomb containing up to 10lb of high explosive exploded at the back of their bungalow in Drumbo , south of Belfast . |
| 5 | A room which served Coleridge in a different way stood at the back of the house on the first floor : this was Tom Poole 's vaulted bookroom , created by him early in 1795 and filled with a wide-ranging library which helped to reconcile Coleridge to the loss of his frequent visits to the City Library in Bristol . |
| 6 | A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing . |
| 7 | A vague idea formed at the back of his mind . |
| 8 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 9 | It was a sort of burnt orange colour with a large hole cut at the back so that the lean old arse Nigel hated so much could be shown to its full advantage . |
| 10 | Do you like the individual wrought-iron bottle stands at the back ? |
| 11 | Or had she — again she experienced that persistent feeling niggling at the back of her mind that somewhere she 'd seen him before . |
| 12 | In actual competition , taekwondo exponents have to wear a specific , padded body armour , which is a sleeveless jacket fastened at the back with cord ties . |
| 13 | A tiny , half-formed thought rose at the back of Marion 's mind . |