Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] at the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men wore short kilts of grey homespun , their hair was flowing or knotted at the back , most were bearded : the uplanders had arrived from the Glen of Keltney . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's because he enters by the old tower door and sits at the back , where he ca n't be seen , ’ she replied eagerly . |
| 3 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 4 | Her hair had been plaited and coiled at the back of her head , but there was no mistaking her for Han . |
| 5 | His skin had an olive hue , signifying foreign blood , and his indecently long hair was very black , worn in a multitude of thin braids and confined at the back of his neck . |
| 6 | Her shoulder-length blonde hair , tinted with auburn highlights , was pulled back tightly from her face and secured at the back of her head with a white ribbon . |
| 7 | I remember a man coming up to me at Sandhurst and looking at the back of my hair and saying , ‘ What regiment are you going into ? ’ and I said ‘ The Grenadiers , ’ and he said ‘ You appear to be growing your own bear skin . ’ |
| 8 | and stand at the back |
| 9 | He had spiky light brown hair , shaved at the sides and gelled at the back , and was clean shaven . |
| 10 | Sara sat down by the bedside and looked at the back of Jenny 's head perplexedly . |
| 11 | The fog was yellow and acrid and bit at the back of the throat like acid . |
| 12 | Which would be as good a way as any for me to get Rainbow off the premises , before those inhibitions of hers — which I 've left bound and gagged at the back of her wardrobe — work their knots out and come riding to the rescue . |
| 13 | But it met a lump of grief and anger at the back of her throat and came out more like a sob . |
| 14 | ‘ In the end we asked them to come and sit at the back of the stage , ’ Miss Picon recalled . |
| 15 | the vicar used to come and sit at the back and , you know , they used to do a little turn , you know play in the bands |
| 16 | wanted that old , is it , the rag and bone people , you know , rubbish , and er I suppose somebody taught him and er he , he played in that and er you know did the little towns and the vic the vicar used to come and sit at the back , a seat under against , under the window and watch , perhaps he thought he 'd er get some little co |
| 17 | ‘ There you see — fire and burning at the back of your mind again . |