Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at the back [prep] " 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 | She was about to do the same with the contents of another file when something made her pause , hair prickling at the back of her head . |
| 3 | And so er , they changed hats , when they get there , and the chauffeur 's introduced a as the professor , goes on the platform , and of course the professor sits at the back of the room with the chauffeur 's hat . |
| 4 | Allan Ramsay 's engaging portrait of Sir Edward and Lady Turner ( lot 21 , unpublished est.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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A tiny knot of tension throbbed at the back of her neck , running the length of her arms to her fingertips . |
| 7 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
| 8 | ‘ You said someone who had been travelling through snow stood at the back of the church . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She blinked her eyes away from that steady , searching appraisal , panic tugging at the back of her mind . |
| 11 | A flicker of admiration showed at the back of his dark eyes . |
| 12 | Can Grandma sit at the back with me ? |
| 13 | Bernice was pushed between the canvas flaps at the back of the wagon . |
| 14 | Yesterday afternoon , they discovered a body buried at the back of a house in Swindon 's Old Town . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Slot screw fixing at the back of course ; but if the front is n't glued into its groove , who is to say that the back is n't going to remain static , while the front shrinks out of its groove ? |
| 17 | But Ryan decided that he 'd have his head shaved at the back of his head , so he got this boy to write his name on . |
| 18 | A very cold lump formed at the back of my spine while I waited for the rest of it . |
| 19 | Giles was a pleasant companion , but even so the thought of Robert 's scorn lingered at the back of her mind . |
| 20 | She folded her arms over her chest , uncomfortably aware of the shabbiness of her old pink housecoat , uncomfortably aware of an anger sizzling at the back of those eyes . |
| 21 | Or had she — again she experienced that persistent feeling niggling at the back of her mind that somewhere she 'd seen him before . |
| 22 | A tiny alarm bell rang at the back of my head : could this be the classic distraction trick that comes just before a robbery ? |
| 23 | The unusual theme was carried through the entire wedding , with vodka and schnapps served at the back of the church . |
| 24 | A tiny , half-formed thought rose at the back of Marion 's mind . |
| 25 | The Rasakumbha positioned at the back of the image . |
| 26 | Further details , including written information about any of our savings or lending services , can be obtained from any Midland Bank branch , or from the address shown at the back of this leaflet . |
| 27 | Aunt Ema wore a scarf knotted at the back of her head in the way particular to women of the Kras , and she was always smiling . |
| 28 | R.B. Kitaj 's ‘ Rock garden ’ ( lot 42 , est. $200–300,000 ) , his major statement on Jewish anguish , was bought by a bidder seated at the back of the room for $140,000 ( £77,800 ) . |
| 29 | A control account is merely an extra account inserted at the back of a ledger or kept separately to make the ledger self-balancing . |
| 30 | We know he is interested in trains ; the railway runs at the back of his house , and he has often watched the trains and he knows them well . |