Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lane divided the back of the Martin property from the woods . |
| 2 | He tried to wipe the wetness from his mouth using the back of his hand , only to find his face smeared afresh with a foamy slime . |
| 3 | A combination of ground and air action broke the back of the rebellion . |
| 4 | A lick of tea stung the back of my hand . |
| 5 | I lifted his head gently with my right hand — and felt the hot , sticky blood covering the back of his skull . |
| 6 | Utterly ignoring her struggles to free herself , he slid one hand beneath her hair to cup the back of her neck , and pulled her face to within a couple of inches of his own . |
| 7 | Leon Kennedy was next to her now , one fist gripping the back of her chair , about to pull it from under her , his other hand clenched on the table near her own which she snatched to her lap . |
| 8 | In many insects , the pressure waves can travel through air channels or through the tissue of the insect to vibrate the back of the stretched membrane as well . |
| 9 | Benton and his colleagues used an electromechanical device to stimulate the back of the hand . |
| 10 | Half turning to adjust the big collar , her cheek brushed the back of his hand . |
| 11 | Tug watched the back of the police car bump its way up the track . |
| 12 | A faint breeze caressed the back of her neck . |
| 13 | A cold breeze numbs the back of my neck . |
| 14 | As David 's nose nuzzled the back of her neck , Clare had an overwhelming need to be even closer to him . |
| 15 | Like an Elizabethan tickling the back of his throat with a peacock feather to induce vomiting so he would be able to face the next enormous course , he brought up another cloud of ghosts . |
| 16 | As she sat down on the couch , Ben sat opposite her on the settle , his big body and large head topping the back of it while his short legs hardly touched the floor . |
| 17 | And I 've given you special stuff for nighttime to keep the back of your throat clear at night . |
| 18 | ‘ It seemed to me , and the team , that the flag only went up after the ball hit the back of the net , ’ he said . |
| 19 | When the ball hit the back of the net and the players ran towards me , I was wondering how on earth it ended up there . |
| 20 | Something like a rough finger stroked the back of her neck . |
| 21 | The French kiss went on forever , and as the persistent tongue scoured the back of her throat , so she became aware of nimble fingers slipping her blouse from her shoulders and unfastening her bra . |
| 22 | Worse , the comparison gives the back of your hand to a country whose firm support of the principles you voice comes at a cost of real economic suffering and terrible danger . |
| 23 | A wave slapped the back of his neck , first throwing him upwards then drawing him down , and he slid beneath the surface like a waterlogged spar . |
| 24 | They use role , they develop stories , they give symbolic significance to the spaces in which they play — a bed becoming a pirate ship , the arm of an armchair becoming the back of a horse . |
| 25 | So this was Guy Sterne 's type of woman , an irritating little voice niggled the back of her mind . |
| 26 | She was just bending over to pat powder on to a young actress 's face when she heard the door open behind her and a strange tingle of apprehension prickled the back of her neck . |
| 27 | I warned as Otley 's knee caught the back of my ear . |
| 28 | A hand strokes the back of her neck . |
| 29 | He came forward and embraced Li Yuan , holding him to his breast , one hand smoothing the back of his neck . |
| 30 | And suddenly he dragged her struggling against him , and clamped her there while his hard mouth sought and found hers in a violent kiss , forcing her lips apart , his hand holding the back of her head like a vice while she kicked and hit and struggled . |