Example sentences of "around [prep] the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stack of empty bamboo Tuak tubes rattled around in the back . |
| 2 | So I was laid out in the back of the van on the bed and he 's driving down this field to put the tent , because it had little er bits you know where it 's marked out for you to camp , and I 'm driving around in the back saying , yes you 've , you 've just missed the fence there and you know . |
| 3 | She ducked down behind the table and emerged with the little box her employer had displayed so proudly , then raked around in the back of a drawer until she came up with a key . |
| 4 | Yanto went around to the back of the cottage where the ‘ lean to ’ lavatory was situated , it 's door almost inaccessible because of a loganberry bush . |
| 5 | They all walked around to the back of the coach and waited for the driver to open the boot for them . |
| 6 | He moved around to the back of the house , and then ducked in to the laneway that ran behind it . |
| 7 | Diane was just thinking that she 'd go around to the back and see how the Venetz sisters were getting along with the buffet , when somebody moved in and stood beside her ; Pete McCarthy , wearing a more-or-less new jacket and a pleasant smile , his tie already undone . |
| 8 | I crept around to the back of the house and watched as he carried her through the kitchen and into the garage . |
| 9 | Swim clear of all the ropes , swim around to the back of the boat , pull the daggerboard down and then simply flip the boat upright again . |
| 10 | The knights of the sky zoom around on the back of the ostrich which flaps its wings whenever you tap your ‘ flap ’ key the more you tap the higher he goes . |
| 11 | I was hanging around at the back of the church because I wanted a word with the vicar . |
| 12 | ‘ In April , hundreds of runners can be found digging around at the back of the wardrobe , trying to find that old pair of track spikes . |
| 13 | Fifi had wandered off and was throwing small handfuls of straw around at the back of the cage but the big chimp stood up and grasped the bars , still rocking . |