Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] at [art] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | A tiny knot of tension throbbed at the back of her neck , running the length of her arms to her fingertips . |
| 3 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
| 4 | ‘ You said someone who had been travelling through snow stood at the back of the church . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A flicker of admiration showed at the back of his dark eyes . |
| 7 | The Vice-Admiral lived at the back , and he opened his front door a few seconds after Pooley rang the bell . |
| 8 | He had only just disappeared down the graveyard path and out of sight when the postman arrived at the back gate . |
| 9 | Giles was a pleasant companion , but even so the thought of Robert 's scorn lingered at the back of her mind . |
| 10 | A tiny alarm bell rang at the back of my head : could this be the classic distraction trick that comes just before a robbery ? |
| 11 | A tiny , half-formed thought rose at the back of Marion 's mind . |
| 12 | Dad blinked at the back , disturbed by the noise and the crowd , the wild St Vitus dancing over young inert figures comatose in puddles of beer . |
| 13 | A room which served Coleridge in a different way stood at the back of the house on the first floor : this was Tom Poole 's vaulted bookroom , created by him early in 1795 and filled with a wide-ranging library which helped to reconcile Coleridge to the loss of his frequent visits to the City Library in Bristol . |
| 14 | Being shortsighted I moved to the front while my mother stayed at the back . |
| 15 | And then they make you do it — with a gun pointed at the back of your neck . |