Example sentences of "[noun] to the back of " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he walked in the stable door accompanied by his usual aroma , the foal fastened her ears to the back of her neck and attempted to attack him with feet and teeth ! |
| 2 | She put her disappointment to the back of her mind and concentrated on Dana . |
| 3 | soldering rolled-up eyes to the back of my skull |
| 4 | He had been looking down into her face , lit by the candle he carried , but some sound had turned his eyes to the back of the hall . |
| 5 | Finding a seat to the back of the church I took a prayer book , and kneeling down began to find the place . |
| 6 | She would make herself a pot of tea , put the confusion to the back of her mind . |
| 7 | FOOTBALL : David Platt has pushed transfer talk to the back of his mind and promised that his only concern is helping Bari to avoid the disaster of relegation . |
| 8 | Next , tape a further background piece to the back of the assembly and cut out all the ‘ B's ’ . |
| 9 | Slide your hands away from each other , up and across the shoulders to the back of the neck . |
| 10 | She tried to banish the humiliation to the back of her mind , but it was worse than the physical pain . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Seb tied the reins of his horse to the back of the cart before sprinting towards the manor house . |
| 12 | Skillfully , Gerrard maneuvered the microphone away from her and moved quickly up the aisle to the back of the audience ; and the camera , pushed by a sweating man in a stained white shirt , followed him . |
| 13 | Colonel Feather had then expressed a worry that children could easily reach over and scoop up a fingerful of frosting , perhaps spoiling someone 's chances , so he and Mr Doran — the latter complaining mightily about his lumbago — had moved the cakes to the back of the table . |
| 14 | The reference to the back of beyond had upset Celia considerably . |
| 15 | The swan-white robes were not the possessions of single families but of the community , and every mother whose infant wore a robe made and sewed a tiny bow to the back of the garment , so that it might be recorded how many infants had been christened in it . |
| 16 | Slowly lower the dumb-bell to the back of the head , keeping the upper arm vertical . |
| 17 | Triceps extension — slowly lower the dumb-bell to the back of the head and then press to the vertical position |
| 18 | A shade or blind that draws up into neat horizontal folds by means of cords threaded through rings attached at regular intervals to the back of the fabric . |
| 19 | When the fox is caught , they say , it 's killed swiftly with a single bite to the back of the neck . |
| 20 | During the Saturday morning rehearsal , with Beecham conducting the Vancouver Symphony , the players arranged in tiers from the podium to the back of the stage , a disquieting incident occurred : in the midst of a quiet passage in a Mozart divertimento the tympany player , one George W. Ball , accidentally dropped the cymbal , which rolled down with clanging crashes to rest at the conductor 's feet . |
| 21 | Also hold the inward creases of the pleat to the back of the heading with a few hand stitches at the top of the pleat . |
| 22 | Sylvia left next morning , but however Betty tried , she could n't push her latest dark desire to the back of her mind . |
| 23 | There was not a soul to be seen , and apart from a hammering noise echoing from somewhere distant , and an occasional coughing in a room to the back of the house , there is still no sound to be heard . |
| 24 | Six fish later , I called it a day ; thanked the good Lord for his kindness , strapped the creel to the back of my motor bike , and roared triumphantly home . |
| 25 | IF Ryan Giggs can put three nagging questions to the back of his mind at 4pm tomorrow , Manchester United 's two wide boys will cut neighbours City to ribbons at Old Trafford . |
| 26 | That would be a very good thing , she shouted back , but her inner self did n't agree and , muttering under her breath at her unruly self , she pushed unanswerable questions to the back of her mind and got down to business . |
| 27 | R : = best-rule ( CS , Goal-conditions , N ) { say R has action Op name Name } add Name to the back of TRACE |
| 28 | Fortunately the rest of the day was so busy that she was able to push Dana and her problems to the back of her mind . |
| 29 | The gravelled drive split into two ; one branch led to the front door , the other to the back of the house and , according to a finger post , to waiting room and surgery . |
| 30 | Lee went right into the shed to the back of it . |