Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at [art] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boys 14 and 15 once tried to sit at the back of the coach but were rapidly sent to the front where , it was said , ‘ they always sat ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I never ate looking at the back of somebody 's head before , ’ Goldie muses . |
| 3 | Very slowly an idea began to form at the back of his mind . |
| 4 | A tiny weeny hint of a plan began to tinkle at the back of my brain like a triangle at the back of an orchestra . |
| 5 | He stopped , and there was a pause , and then someone started to clap at the back of the studio , and George , who had been sitting with his chin on his chest , impassively listening , looked up . |
| 6 | A suspicion kept niggling at the back of her mind , but she kept pushing it away as more than she could deal with . |
| 7 | The leaders had their work cut out keeping the group together , and one or both had to remain at the back to motivate the slower ones — the most effective method seemed to be carrying their kit , though this tended to be a last resort . |
| 8 | A tall woman of about forty , who had sat at the back , slipped away without speaking to anyone . |
| 9 | There were so many mourners at the funeral that some had to stand at the back and listen to the service relayed by loudspeakers . |
| 10 | He looked lovingly at the paints and brushes and swallowed a pain that had risen at the back of his throat . |
| 11 | All night long the thought of his being hand in glove with Harry Martin had lingered at the back of her mind . |
| 12 | As he had helped her on with her coat , Rupert had noticed her dress had split at the back , which he found provocative and rather endearing . |
| 13 | He had started at the back of the good book and was perversely working his way towards Genesis , which meant that his eldest daughter was called Revelation Straker ; a young woman as pretty as her name , and as happy as all the other children who grew up under Bonefish 's skinny care . |
| 14 | The front of her hair was flattened by a battery of pearl clips and left to rise at the back in styrofoam peaks . |