Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] the back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having finished loading , Ram stopped to scratch the back of his head , which was rather itchy , and then his elbow , which had been bitten by a mosquito some days earlier but which still itched occasionally . |
| 2 | He loved the fat knight but on this occasion dearly wished to see the back of him . |
| 3 | The hem of a distant Marsquake shivered through the walls of the burrow , and Jezrael had to stuff the back of her hand in her mouth to stifle her laughter as Ember cried out in artistic mock-orgasm . |
| 4 | I thought you said you wanted to see the back of my head ? |
| 5 | The officer who investigated the accident said he found no tyre marks , suggesting that Rose Patterson , who was driving , had n't even braked or swerved to avoid the back of the lorry . |