Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] at the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dinah learnt the lines , was laced into the vulgar striped dress the part required , which had stains under the arms from the young lady off sick , was heavily rouged and had her eyebrows blackened , and walked on to the boards to the flare of gaslight and the outline of gentlemen in bowler hats they had not troubled to remove , refreshing themselves at the bar which stood at the back of the theatre . |
| 2 | Maybe there was a draught from the window they smashed at the back of the house . |
| 3 | Matthew had a smaller room which projected at the back , over the kitchen . |
| 4 | Then he started to cough , forced himself to control the tickle he felt at the back of his throat . |
| 5 | Peculiar place names , remnants of a half-forgotten language which echoes at the back of our mind , may occur . |