Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] run [prep] the back " in BNC.

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1 There was not a single hair on top ; he was reduced to a reddish fringe running round the back from ear to ear .
2 Note that the net 's top line runs across the back of the head to take up the slack .
3 They can be easily distinguished from closed back rugs by the white threads of inserted wefting running across the back .
4 Leaping from the cabs , Rocky and his fellow trucker ran to the back of their rigs and threw open the rear doors .
5 She swung her legs over the bed ; they were long and plump and white with a narrow blue vein running round the back of one of them .
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