Example sentences of "be [vb pp] on the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a particular gift with the tarot cards … not using the traditional interpretations which are given on the back of any £5-pack from W H Smiths . |
| 2 | Further events in November are listed on the back of the magazine . |
| 3 | Demonstrators sit with their Mums and the good ones are patted on the back and encouraged . |
| 4 | The unit sits in any 1U rack space and all connections are made on the back panel . |
| 5 | All of the other implementations ( apart from the forthcoming Hewlett-Packard version ) are sold on the back of legacy systems , or true-blue sites where CICS programmers abound . |
| 6 | And we are fascinated to know that this approach has been shown to be so effective in a remote part of the Far East where our cassettes are transported on the back of a motorcycle ! |
| 7 | In addition they had two camel guns , small cannons which could be mounted on saddles and fired from the backs of camels ; for the circumstances these had been mounted on the back of a plush sofa which had been recovered from the rampart where it had served during the rains . |
| 8 | A common fault experienced by most karatekas in the early stages of learning this stance is to allow the body to fall forward because not enough weight has been concentrated on the back leg . |
| 9 | One heater should be situated on the back panel near to the spray-bar , the other on the side panel nearest the Fluval 3 . |
| 10 | It is an indication that your weight is too far forward and to avoid it the feet should be positioned further back and more weight should be placed on the back foot . |
| 11 | To everyone 's astonishment — after all , Caldecott 's knowledge of bloodstock could be summarized on the back of postage stamp — it prospered . |
| 12 | What a lack of self-confidence this implies : the present wants both to patronise the past by adjudicating on its political acceptability , and also to be flattered by it , to be patted on the back and told to keep up the good work . |
| 13 | Any additional points can be written on the back . |
| 14 | He had once heard an Englishman say that what he knew of nuclear physics could be written on the back of a blackcurrant . |
| 15 | ‘ In fact , what I know about children could be written on the back of a postage stamp . |
| 16 | Secondly , in this chair where the back legs are at an angle to the front , compensation has to be made on the back mortise , otherwise the whole seat frame will end up on the skew . |
| 17 | Oliver choked and had to be thumped on the back . |
| 18 | She burst out laughing , and jumped up and hugged Bryony , who was laughing so much that she could n't catch her breath and had to be thumped on the back . |
| 19 | Since tigers are said usually to attack humans from the rear , Sunderbans workers have been issued with plastic face masks to be worn on the back of the head . |
| 20 | Aline choked and had to be banged on the back . |
| 21 | They are deemed by many players as the less difficult half , that if a good score can be put together here , it can be enhanced on the back nine . |
| 22 | She had been struck on the back of the head and strangled , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 23 | And then So now you 're travelling a little bit too close , your eyes are glued on the back of the vehicle in front , what 's the sort of feeling you get ? |
| 24 | The procedures for obtaining medical treatment in each country are detailed on the back of form E111 . |
| 25 | The name and occupation of the donor were painted on the back : Professor X , Institute of Theoretical Physics , Stuttgart . |
| 26 | His Central American agents and contacts were patted on the back , or sent into the field , with the words ‘ Vaya con Dios ’ , ( Go with God ) ; Calero remembered that he never left him without them . |
| 27 | ‘ I hope you have all been practising during the holiday , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , as the girls all lined up with their brooms hovering next to them and the cats perched on the back — that is to say , most of the cats were perched on the back . |
| 28 | Despite the late hour the town put on the appearance of a miniature ‘ Twelfth ’ as he and his wife Eileen and brother-in-law and election agent , the Rev. James Beggs , were paraded on the back of a Land Rover to the Waveney Road , where Mr Paisley was greeted by his 78 year-old father , the Rev. Kyle Paisley who was unable to attend the count . |
| 29 | In the nineteenth century , according to André Jullien in his Topography of all known vineyards ( 1824 ) , Mareuil wines were no different from those of Aÿ ‘ and pass , in commerce , as Vins d'Aÿ ’ , hence the village 's name Mareuil-sur-Aÿ , the wines being sold on the back of the wines of Aÿ . |
| 30 | Water bottles and coffee dellas were stowed on the back seat . |