Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] the back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or else you sort of jotted them down at the back of your mind , you know , to think about them later , but you never remembered , or you did but it was too late , they 'd gone , your head was full of other things . ’ |
| 2 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 3 | Lightly clasp your hands I together behind the back of your head . |
| 4 | She wiped them away with the back of one trembling hand . |
| 5 | He was so angry he strung them up in the back of his open lorry , head downwards , like side of beef bound for some unhygienic market . |
| 6 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 7 | One large hand held her down over the back of the upright chair , so that the top of her head was pushed into the seat . |
| 8 | But dear Caroline 's got an almighty hangover , sick as a dog , so I brought him over on the back of the bike to see it again . |
| 9 | He offered to take her home on the back of his horse . |
| 10 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 11 | Slowly he loosened his arms , leaning her back against the back of the leather sofa , his granite-grey eyes searching her face . |
| 12 | He went for the machine-gun , but someone kicked him hard in the back of the head . |
| 13 | Len Seager had been conscious throughout the entire rescue operation and as Rachel joined him briefly in the back of the ambulance and covered him with an extra blanket he managed another smile . |
| 14 | Brookhead Smith loaded the cabinet with the gramophone inside it on to the back of his cart , then he looked around the shed to see if there were any more records lying about . |
| 15 | The Magistrate put a companionable hand on her shoulder and then , after a moment 's hesitation , slipped it on to the back of her neck . |
| 16 | The Viscount nodded , although he had scarcely heard what was said , registering it somewhere at the back of his mind . |
| 17 | He had turned to look at her , slipping off his coat as he did so and tossing it carelessly over the back of one of the armchairs . |
| 18 | ‘ We found a few , ’ he told her , answering her question about the mussels , pulling off his jacket as he did so and draping it carelessly over the back of the chair . |
| 19 | But you 're , but you 're quite right you , you certainly , you certainly have the right to say look , you know , rather than signing this now er I do need some time to think I mean let's face it there 's a load of s If you turn it over on the back of the credit agree |
| 20 | He scrawled it quickly on the back of his card . |
| 21 | Yes , okay and we 're still coming round yet again and the last one cos she 's got quite a large fist , I 'll take it over the top , round the back and this one now I can tie , tie it off , sorry tie it off on the back of her hand now , I do n't want to tie it off on the front cos in a minute I want to put this into a sling not too tight ? |
| 22 | Finally she stepped into her chosen dress , zipping it up at the back with practised ease . |
| 23 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 24 | Hauser was talking again after removing his jacket , placing it carefully over the back of his chair . |
| 25 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 26 | It would certainly get it out of the back of my Reliant . |
| 27 | They grabbed the plank and shoved it out of the back of the cab until it tilted and swung down towards the floor . |
| 28 | Ten years ago I had purchased such a camera , a Pentax ME Super , and fortunately , I was able to dig it out from the back of a cupboard to find that it was still in excellent working order . |
| 29 | She whisked Nicandra 's large linen napkin off her knees and tied it round her waist , then joined her own to it and knotted it securely to the back of Nicandra 's chair . |
| 30 | To cut-in a carpet tile , turn the tile over , carefully calculate the area to be cut , and mark it accurately on the back of the tile . |