Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the back " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | The contrast was stark : the English system was founded on a social interaction , with knowledge as the vehicle of communication ; the German system was founded on a personal interaction with knowledge , and any human interaction rode on the back of that experience . |
2 | The hair rose on the back of the boy 's neck . |
3 | Their hired Vauxhall Astra which was travelling thirty miles an hour crashed into the back of an army convoy and caught fire . |
4 | She noticed the black bruise on her arm and a wicked light glowed in the back of her eyes . |
5 | Their car crashed into the back of an army lorry and burst into flames . |
6 | Both women were killed on the M-four near Swindon when their car crashed into the back of an army convoy and caught fire . |
7 | ASENIOR police officer and his wife and two children escaped injury yesterday after a bomb containing up to 10lb of high explosive exploded at the back of their bungalow in Drumbo , south of Belfast . |
8 | If you were skilled the card flew to the back of the pavement and the next player threw , trying to cover the first card with his . |
9 | this advert went on the back of it . |
10 | The archaeologist appeared from the back of the juggernaut . |
11 | The memory of my discomfiture fermented in the back of my mind for some time . |
12 | A tiny knot of tension throbbed at the back of her neck , running the length of her arms to her fingertips . |
13 | Leaping from the cabs , Rocky and his fellow trucker ran to the back of their rigs and threw open the rear doors . |
14 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
15 | Two officers were hurt when their patrol car ran into the back of the supercar . |
16 | ‘ You said someone who had been travelling through snow stood at the back of the church . ’ |
17 | For several weeks that fear remained at the back of our minds and we wondered what was behind the brief news bulletins which were issued , and whether the whole fateful adventure would be a success . |
18 | A door from the hall opened into the back of the shop . |
19 | She placed his pulsing prong back into her luscious wet mouth , and sucked until his spunk fired into the back of her throat . |
20 | A young woman in a pink overall emerged from the back , looking harassed . |
21 | He lifted his hands and as they closed over the aching swollen curves a sound female and feral emerged from the back of her throat . |
22 | I witnessed an accident where a vehicle collided into the back of another one , pushing it completely across the crossing . |
23 | The question stayed in the back of his mind . |
24 | A flicker of admiration showed at the back of his dark eyes . |
25 | First his Y-reg Yugo crunched into the back of a trailer behind a broken-down Austin Ambassador . |
26 | The Vice-Admiral lived at the back , and he opened his front door a few seconds after Pooley rang the bell . |
27 | A burning sensation crept across the back of Jinkwa 's neck . |
28 | At last a long despairing cry rose from the back of his throat and screamed shatteringly across the churchyard as he threw the baton away and clung sobbing to the angel . |
29 | A sudden scuffling sound came from the back of the van . |
30 | He had only just disappeared down the graveyard path and out of sight when the postman arrived at the back gate . |