Example sentences of "push [prep] the back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A plate pushed to the back of the table bore the remains of the Irishman 's breakfast : little curls of bacon rind , stains of yellow yolk and the lacy brown edges of eggs fried to a crisp in the pan . |
| 2 | On the floor below his suits , pushed to the back of the hanging space , I found his briefcase . |
| 3 | It was in early February that such preoccupations were abruptly , if not dispelled , at least pushed to the back of his mind , by the arrival of a messenger from the Black Knight of Liddesdale . |
| 4 | She was wearing a slack blue dress and a straw hat pushed to the back of her head . |
| 5 | The shock of hearing Dana say she was jealous would have to be pushed to the back of her mind for now . |
| 6 | Myra and Dreams had been pushed to the back of her mind . |
| 7 | He was awaiting us , a small skull cap pushed to the back of his black , oily hair . |
| 8 | Donkeys , too , and because it was hot , with only the faintest breeze , many of the men had their wide-brimmed hats pushed to the backs of their heads , held there by the leather thongs that were really chin straps . |
| 9 | He clasped his hands as the tears pushed at the back of his eyes . |
| 10 | Shelley went in to speak quietly to her patients , trying to push to the back of her mind the knowledge that she might have left the drug cupboard open in her anxiety yesterday . |
| 11 | Ryker pushed against the back of a man trying to get through and got an angry glare for his pains . |