Example sentences of "[vb -s] at the back of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , well er , yeah well go down there I mean he still lives at the back of the shops still just ask him |
| 2 | It is this concept that lies at the back of R. P. A. Edwards ' attack on dial-access retrieval systems : |
| 3 | Style , the more general concept , lies at the back of more large scale studies of style , when for example we try to give a stylistic characterization of a whole text . |
| 4 | Bernice was pushed between the canvas flaps at the back of the wagon . |
| 5 | It was as if nothing special had happened the night before — no more than a bad dream that stays at the back of your mind long after you have woken up . |
| 6 | She jabs at the back of her throat , opening her mouth wide . |
| 7 | And so er , they changed hats , when they get there , and the chauffeur 's introduced a as the professor , goes on the platform , and of course the professor sits at the back of the room with the chauffeur 's hat . |
| 8 | Peculiar place names , remnants of a half-forgotten language which echoes at the back of our mind , may occur . |
| 9 | ‘ I wonder why you keep going to sea when you know it 's dangerous ’ ( quoted by B. J. Wagner , 1976 , p. 59 ) , muses Mrs. Heathcote to a class of children who are into a drama about pirates — and she from then on carries at the back of her mind the possibility that through the subsequent experience these children might understand something of what drives people to face dangers . |
| 10 | We know he is interested in trains ; the railway runs at the back of his house , and he has often watched the trains and he knows them well . |