Example sentences of "back [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branch manager Richard Fairhurst took a back seat for the day , as he rode along on the back of a tandem . |
| 2 | Incorrect body balance , a sudden wrenching as you swivel round can , in a split second , cause you back problems for the rest of your life . |
| 3 | At one time he , he lived at , they lived at but er er she was a widow and she was ninety but she was very good to us and , but we had er , we had apartments but there was a lock on both sides of the door , you know what I mean , we were quite self-contained and we had er er a narrow stairs and because of the war I could n't , you could n't er , I used to scrub the stairs down because you could n't buy carpet in those days , you see because of the war and to the shortage of stuff and so I used to keep those stairs nice and , we had a , a , we went , as we went up these stairs erm it , I suppose originally , you see , it would have been back stairs for the servants , you see , in the hall and this old lady used to go in and if ever she had the doctor she used to ask me if I would go and sit with her and hold her hand while the doctor came , you see . |
| 4 | He proposes that males developed bipedalism so that they could go out and bring back food for the females . |
| 5 | For Leconte , who only four months earlier had undergone back surgery for the third time in little more than two years , it had seen the re-birth of what was — and can be again — a gloriously entertaining , as well as effective , career . |