Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toucans collect them one at a time , throwing them up in the air and deftly catching them at the back of their throats . |
| 2 | And it seemed Fergie 's ten man heroes had squeezed out a momentous victory until the soccer fates suddenly stabbed them in the back in the pouring rain of Moscow . |
| 3 | She liked Robert Urquhart and was attracted to him , even trusted him , unlike Spittals who was no doubt gleefully stabbing her in the back at that moment . |
| 4 | Yeah , but they were all like that , they 'd all stab you in the back . |
| 5 | Like every well-known actor playing tough characters , there was always someone drunk enough to shove him in the back with the challenge , ‘ OK , Mr Tough Guy , let's see how tough you really are . ’ |
| 6 | If you just place them on the back seat of your car , or they are removed from an arrangement and not packed up in any special way , some of the petals will almost definitely become bruised , which will cause brown lines , patches and spots once the flowers have been pressed . |
| 7 | Well he 's probably just caught him on the back of on the back of the calf but er I thought it was as you say I thought it was a nice sharp incisive tackle . |
| 8 | She was able to get her bearings this way and soon found herself at the back of the house . |
| 9 | you 're always concerned , do n't get me wrong , but you just put it to the back of your mind . |
| 10 | Yeah if you do n't , if you do n't like it you probably just put it to the back of your mind then |
| 11 | We 'd just settled him along the back seat when I realised that he would need some money . |
| 12 | Interviewing the likes of Lester Piggott or notoriously inarticulate footballers whose only comment on scoring a hat-trick is ‘ I 'm over the moon ’ or ‘ I just hit it into the back of the net , Brian ’ can not be the simplest of tasks . |
| 13 | if you can just fasten him in the back it 'll be smashing wo n't it ? |
| 14 | He had fought off his anger , but Jenna could still see it at the back of his eyes . |
| 15 | Leeds played good football , nearly always playing it from the back . |
| 16 | I never wanted to go to university although I do know , however , that my mum and dad always had it in the back of their minds that I would go . |
| 17 | He was only about two meters away from me and he was like shooting me in the back . |
| 18 | Seeing this we panicked , and high tailed it out the back of the graveyard ; cursing and falling over each other all the way . |
| 19 | Although Phil had been slightly reserved in his manner towards her ( Nancy ) , she knew that that was his way and she was enjoying the company of that wiry , small-boned , gently spoken citizen from Sacramento who almost invariably found himself at the back of every queue that ever formed itself . |
| 20 | The Committee had simply patted them on the back like spoilt children and told them , ‘ Now just send your children back to school . ’ |
| 21 | In those days it was considered bad form even to slap you on the back . |
| 22 | So you 'll excuse us if we take a second here to pat ourselves on the back ; it 's our birthday and we 'll do what we like . |
| 23 | But now he realised the woman was in control as she held his risen monster in her exquisite mouth , and in spite of the urgent movement of his thighs she devoured him as she pleased : sometimes allowing him into the back of her deep throat ; sometimes sipping at the helmet of his quivering phallus . |
| 24 | Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second . |
| 25 | The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up . |
| 26 | He almost ran us into the back of a streetcar . ’ |
| 27 | He pushed her aside and unclipped the 331b launcher from the tripod then carried it to the back of the van where he dumped it on to the grey blanket which they had used to cover it . |
| 28 | They threatened him with a spanner and screwdriver , then forced him into the back of his Sierra . |
| 29 | He obediently followed her into the back kitchen , and gave a delighted whoop when he saw the big pot of homemade faggots and mushy peas simmering on the polished black range . |
| 30 | Minutes later Charlie was outside the tent , buttoning up his jacket before continually slapping himself on the back in an effort to keep warm . |