Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You said someone who had been travelling through snow stood at the back of the church . ’ |
| 2 | A flicker of admiration showed at the back of his dark eyes . |
| 3 | A tiny knot of tension throbbed at the back of her neck , running the length of her arms to her fingertips . |
| 4 | Not only had £250,000 worth of equipment fallen off the back of a submarine , but the torpedo firing system and the periscope were out of commission as well ! |
| 5 | When the whole of the charge secured by that entry is to be repaid the form of withdrawal endorsed on the back of the lender 's official notice of deposit is completed and handed over ; when the notice of deposit relates to other property as well as that being sold , and so will continue in respect of that other property after completion , the notice of deposit must of course be retained by the lender . |
| 6 | ‘ A smudge of make-up rubbed on the back of the hand , a lot of agonising … it 's like buying a hat by trying it on your foot ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Go to hell ! ’ she burst out hoarsely and started to fight in deadly earnest , slapping and scratching at him , little cries of panic coming from the back of her throat as her mind flashed back into full operation and she realised with sick fear just how close she had come to the edge . |
| 8 | yeah , yeah , you do n't get the sort of , when your speaker 's on loud you get a lot of sound coming out the back |
| 9 | Usually it is a smudge of product rubbed on the back of the hand , a lot of agonising , and some advice from the consultant to speed up the sale . |
| 10 | Its legs — if it had legs — were covered in what looked like a large brown sheet , and the light seemed to come from a kind of lamp attached to the back of what could , or could not , be its head . |
| 11 | Chip papers strewed the pavement and a buckled can of Sprite lay by the back wheel of the doctor 's Sierra . |
| 12 | A slight wisp of smoke came from the back of the man 's hair where the flames had scorched him . |
| 13 | A frantic round of applause came from the back of the theatre . |
| 14 | The easiest way to recognize Soumak weaving is to turn the item over and note the unclipped strands of weft hanging from the back . |
| 15 | A publicity photograph had shown one of the Doonettes , the electrifying step-dancing duo which performs with the band , caught with skirt raised at the back to reveal considerably less than might be observed on Whitley Bay sands , let alone the Riviera . |
| 16 | The moaning combine in the field , the tractor and trailer with grain trickling from the back of it as it rumbled off to the corn drier , the waving haze of barley still to be cut , these things all fell into shade as the sun clouded over . |
| 17 | Now the mission to Colesfield was with the crew that you have pictures , have the picture of , as you look at the picture from left to right standing in the back is or I should say , , , and his home town was Louisiana , he was a waste gunner . |
| 18 | The person on duty disappeared out the back and I went to sit in the same seat where I had sat the night before . |
| 19 | ALWAYS SELF-CONSCIOUS OF HER WISPY HAIR , LAURA INVARIABLY WORE A SCARF OVER IT TIED AT THE BACK IN PEASANT STYLE . |
| 20 | It was a huge risk , each time he unscrewed the base of the walking stick , took out the rifle microphone , plugged it to the small receiver that by day nestled in the back of his music centre , put on the headphones which on most days he used to listen to classical music . |