Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] in the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 2 | And this time China 's rulers knifed it in the back with shameless savagery — then set about hounding the survivors in a reign of terror . |
| 3 | ‘ I have not stabbed you in the back , dammit ! |
| 4 | Then the man was running , and Blagg could have shot him in the back but he had only one round left . |
| 5 | She had a view through the windscreen but no one could have seen her in the back . |
| 6 | So erm I I I 've got them in the back of of what type of strategy you should . |
| 7 | The fact that she would return to the same workhouse 10 years later was in itself not untypical ; many genuine helpers in such institutions may have had it in the back of their minds that one day they would become the cared for , rather than the person doing the caring , as old age took its toll . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've bought you a safety seat and fitted it in the back . ’ |