Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] on [art] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ranks Hovis McDougall , the food giant rich in brand names , boosted profit on the back of fatter bread and flour margins and property gains in a year when the Goodman Fielder Wattie hands-off counterbid in Australia cost £58million as an extraordinary post-tax charge . |
| 2 | Ranks Hovis McDougall , the food giant rich in brand names , boosted profit on the back of fatter bread and flour margins and property gains in a year when the Goodman Fielder Wattie hands-off counterbid in Australia cost £58million as an extraordinary post-tax charge . |
| 3 | Almost at once it swung open to let out a surge of laughter and music as a tall dark man with a scar on one cheek clapped Penry on the back and introduced himself to Leonora as Nick Wood , then beckoned to a tall , beautiful woman with a mane of ash-blonde hair , who excused herself from a group of people to come running to throw her arms round Penry 's neck . |
| 4 | The ashtray bruised Lillian on the back of the head . |
| 5 | As they parted , he clapped Owen on the back . |
| 6 | as if on cue , they heard footsteps on the back stairs at that moment , and Tom himself entered the kitchen after crossing the back porch and knocking briefly at the door . |
| 7 | He struggled painfully around into a new foetal position and started work on the back of the back seat . |
| 8 | Angalo slapped Pion on the back , and pointed . |
| 9 | It was n't a dog , it was more — he felt prickles on the back of his neck — like a hyena . |
| 10 | Jenjin slapped Yuan on the back , then took the bow and offered it to Alexei . |
| 11 | Jenjin crowed and slapped Burun on the back . |
| 12 | A ghost of a smile , without humour , flitted over Connors ' face as he slapped Delaney on the back . |
| 13 | He slapped Joseph on the back and laughed again . |
| 14 | His grin wide , he slapped Jack on the back and peered six inches up into the bridegroom 's handsome red face . |
| 15 | He indirectly set up the first try for Kenny Hooks , and his catching and powerful driving off the tail of the line out kept Collegians on the back foot . |
| 16 | He laughed , then slapped Curval on the back . |
| 17 | Like other city institutions they grew fat on the back of the eighties boom . |
| 18 | Jitters laughed and clapped his hands , then slapped Kenne on the back . |
| 19 | Dear me , sir , you possess good sense , I see , ’ and Calatin looked pleased and slapped Fribble on the back which , as Fribble later pointed out , was rather alarming , because — ‘ Although he 's quite a small giant as giants go , ’ — Calatin was still twelve feet tall and his hands were like York hams . |
| 20 | Gerrard had been looking at him with a gradually spreading grin on his face , and now he thumped George on the back with great bonhomie and beamed with immense satisfaction . |
| 21 | Ellison had a header disallowed for offside following good work from Drew Coverdale , then was unfortunate not to have a clear sight of goal when Steve O'Shaughnessy 's through ball struck Ellison on the back . |
| 22 | Over a year ago he had surgery on the back and was advised by a leading specialist to forget about playing contact sport . |
| 23 | He scored the Orrell try and at all times his canny persistence had Wasps on the back foot . |
| 24 | In C2 the Trains were 5th in their semi , unfortunately the slower of the 5th times , but they kept the pressure on until the line and as they slowed down Andy leaned forward and patted Steve on the back , an appropriate gesture . |
| 25 | The manager patted Stuart on the back . |
| 26 | William patted joe on the back . |