Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more fundamental design fault is the positioning of our noses above our mouths , which requires our food and air passages to meet at the back of the throat , an arrangement which exists because the nostril in fish is not a breathing passage , but an opening to a chemical sense organ . |
| 2 | Someone had come down the stairs in a hurry and turned sharply to go towards the back of the house . |
| 3 | If the patient still needs to use a wheelchair , you will need one which is fully portable and the right size to fit into the back of the car . |
| 4 | Colour a tiny piece of fondant blue and mould it into a 5cm ( 2inch ) rounded bench to fit into the back of the cabin area . |
| 5 | Waiting for the kettle to boil he grabs a pencil and begins to scribble on the back of an old envelop … |
| 6 | I have offered to sleep in the back of the Toyota . |
| 7 | If the space extends to soil at the back of the wall , so much the better , as the plant can then root through into it , and the choice widens to include any small perennial herb . |
| 8 | All she was able to see from the back of the truck was the rounded outlines of scattered Nissen huts and , on the dark horizon , tall , wedge-shaped buildings hung with dim blue lights . |
| 9 | They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk . |
| 10 | We had bought Rudge Biframe folding mountain bikes specifically to go in the back of the 172 , and trips to the Norfolk Broads , Dartmoor and west Ireland had allowed Anne and I to refine our planning so that not only the flying but — just as importantly for our holiday — the non-flying sections of the trip would be practical and highly enjoyable . |
| 11 | Even though the ball was , to scale , probably seven foot high it still managed to go in the back of the net . |
| 12 | Unknown even to the operators , some of the rods of uranium fuel which were supposed to fall from the back of the reactor into a storage pond had instead tumbled into the channel which led up to the tall chimney . |
| 13 | He introduced Billie to Jenny and saw her disappointment when the pilot explained she 'd have to sit in the back with the ferry tanks . |
| 14 | The secret is not to get too greedy and try to knock off large pieces : aim to knock out the back of the tile at the corner , which weakens the front , and then gently hammer the front , a bit at a time . |
| 15 | At one point the driver slammed on the brakes causing the police car behind to run into the back of the vehicle … the car was badly damaged … the two officers inside were taken to hospital for treatment to whiplash injuries . |
| 16 | PHILLIP McCallen received a body blow shortly before today 's Coca Cola North West 200 when he was told by the clerk of the course Billy Nutt that he would have to start from the back of the grid in the superbike race . |
| 17 | The having adoption of a strategic exceptions policy is an invitation for many possible major developments to be to ride on the back of the strategic in exceptions policies and to argue that they come within in . |
| 18 | He stopped , and there was a pause , and then someone started to clap at the back of the studio , and George , who had been sitting with his chin on his chest , impassively listening , looked up . |
| 19 | region in terms of the general business conditions , or the second most optimistic so it 's not entirely surprising that they now say that they expect to invest on the back of the strength of that optimism . |
| 20 | She made it clear ( I do n't remember how ) that she wanted to go to the back of the house , to the kitchen . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to seal off the back of the car with a sheet of soundproof glass . |
| 22 | I took up my position near Dod as it was preferable to having my ear down the muzzle of Chase 's tuba and Martin was told to hang over the back of the truck as best he could . |
| 23 | Gabriel wanted to dive over the back of the stage , as he had to escape the Guildsmen in Greathaven . |
| 24 | The facility for paying all your fees on one cheque proved quite popular last October so if you would like to do the same at the next Q.T. Day please remember to analyse on the back of the cheque the fees you are paying . |
| 25 | The facility for paying all your fees on one cheque proved quite popular last October so if you would like to do the same at the next Q.T. Day please remember to analyse on the back of the cheque the fees you are paying . |
| 26 | Azhag rode to battle on the back of a large wyvern , often harrying his retreating enemies from the air after a battle . |
| 27 | So inviting was the gap created that the loose forward was able to score at the back of the posts , leaving Maskill with another simple kick . |
| 28 | She took it from him and patted the marble-topped table , then placed the hanky to dry over the back of a chair . |
| 29 | ‘ I tell her to sit at the back of the class , otherwise nobody can see over her head . ’ |
| 30 | Boys 14 and 15 once tried to sit at the back of the coach but were rapidly sent to the front where , it was said , ‘ they always sat ’ . |