Example sentences of "[verb] through [prep] the back of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I must have felt the need for some support , because I found I 'd grabbed hold of one of my hammers — a geologist is always armed with a hammer — and when I got through to the back of the house he was there already , at the kitchen window . ’ |
| 2 | She could feel them pierce through to the back of her head . |
| 3 | The maid came through from the back of the house and bobbed a curtsy to Emily . |
| 4 | And the bridge , with the strings going through to the back of the body ? |
| 5 | Lowden bridges are unusual in two respects : the saddles are split into two sections for optimum intonation on wound and unwound strings , and the strings mount through from the back of the bridge rather than via the old bridge-pin method , which would mean a longer string-changing time . |
| 6 | He walked through to the back of the shop and called out to his father-in-law . |
| 7 | A spokesman for Darlington police said the thieves got into the bank through the rear and then broke through to the back of the cash dispensing machines in the bank foyer . |
| 8 | Henry went through to the back of the shop . |
| 9 | Two draws by Pegg set up a 10-8 win , with Kormann being forced to attempt a draw to the two-foot from the frosty outside ice ; it slipped through to the back of the house . |
| 10 | When I first came to live here this room ran through to the back of the house , but my husband put up a partition , so we have a small room at the back where we can have our meals . |