Example sentences of "back of [pron] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 2 | I never wanted to go to university although I do know , however , that my mum and dad always had it in the back of their minds that I would go . |
| 3 | A quick friendly tap on the back of their hand as they tried to snaffle a piece , made the educational aspect of the delicatessen counter a two-way affair . |
| 4 | ‘ As far as I can make out from the little she said about what actually happened , the man who kidnapped them , there was only one at that point , was hidden in the back of their car when they got in . |
| 5 | Sticking with clothing , those hapless popsters OCEAN COLOUR SCENE are grieving over the loss of more than £2,000 worth of T-shirts which managed to fall out of the back of their van while they drove through the Moseley area of Birmingham last week . |
| 6 | And you know the bit where erm she 's in bed and the hand comes out from behind the pillow and it goes over the back of her head and she goes , she goes , she was so cute she goes , she goes , what a pile of shit ! and when , you know when she cleans up all the cornflakes ? |
| 7 | Kate felt the eyes of the desk sergeant boring into the back of her head as she signed the papers for her daughter 's release . |
| 8 | He tugged at the zip on the back of her dress while she unbuttoned his shirt and removed his tie . |
| 9 | She even made a miniature Guide uniform for one four-year-old tot , and popped her on the back of her bicycle when she went out to the reserve for Guide meetings . |
| 10 | It was right at the back of her mind but she could n't get it out . |
| 11 | Elissia tickled the back of her neck and she leapt in the air . |
| 12 | He could see the beginnings of fear at the back of her eyes and he kept quite still . |
| 13 | And I put them in back of her hood cos she could n't hold my hand . |
| 14 | ‘ It was going all right , but now it wo n't go at all , ’ she added more slowly , as she struggled for composure and it dawned on her that with a GB plate stuck on the back of her car that it would n't take a genius to work out that she was probably English . |
| 15 | Her body was found in the back of her car when it was recovered from the River Severn , six days after she disappeared . |
| 16 | Something snapped inside her and she flew at him , hoarse cries coming from the back of her throat as she slapped and scratched at him until he caught her wrists and dragged her hard against his powerful body . |
| 17 | However , it was encouraging to see Wayne Pollock get on the score sheet in his debut match with a goal off the back of his head as he stood watching a flock of swans fly overhead . |
| 18 | Or is it the merest coincidence that Kyle is sitting back in his chair , with the receiver to his ear , stroking the bald patch on the back of his head as I explain my business ? |
| 19 | She kissed the balding patch on the back of his head as she clambered off the bed and went to the fridge to pour them both a drink . |
| 20 | You expect fire to come out of the back of his ball when he hits it , but his ball 's flight is no different to mine . |
| 21 | You expect fire to come out of the back of his ball when he hits it , but his ball 's flight is no different to mine . |
| 22 | His hair was thick and warm , and her fingers revelled in the feel of it , creeping around the back of his skull where she half-heartedly tugged to bring his head back so that she no longer ached for his kisses to continue . |
| 23 | Mr Stanley Bettinson , footpath officer for the North Yorkshire Moors national park , said : ‘ He knew the Dales like the back of his hand but he was a field man , not a committee man , and he loved to be outside . ’ |
| 24 | up there and all of a sudden he saw it and he came in the room , Tony and he went he looked up at it and the stood up at the back of his neck and he was going grurgh ever so quietly under his breath grurgh . |
| 25 | He came back to school after Christmas with 4 of them stuffed in the back of his mini and it just went from there . |
| 26 | But Horsley put these thoughts to the back of his mind as he headed for the party at Caxton House , determined to enter into the spirit of things . |
| 27 | All this , part rumour , part no doubt fact , was at the back of his mind as he spoke to Gabriel . |
| 28 | In the excitement of his new job and other things that were happening he pushed the thought of Chris to the back of his mind until he realised that Maureen looked red-eyed and unhappy . |
| 29 | To feel the stretch in the thighs , hips and buttocks , place your hand on the back of your thigh as you move the leg . |
| 30 | That was hard work all the time , my hands my hands used to chap on the backs , used to chap hands and that was only , I was over the wind , I wind and , and er when I used to scrub the cabin out which was with washing soda and soft soap and when you went along cos that was you get , you get erm , ordinary washing soda on the back of your hands and they did n't supply anything then . |