Example sentences of "go [prep] the back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone had come down the stairs in a hurry and turned sharply to go towards the back of the house . |
| 2 | These have countersunk screw holes , pointing in different directions — usually two for screws going into the back of the mirror frame , and one for a screw going into the wall . |
| 3 | Before then , despite a number of chances , this game had nil all written all over it ; United did have their chances , they hit the post , Steve Foster and Martin Foyle both went close but the ball never appeared to be going into the back of the net . |
| 4 | You 're not going in the front Bryony , you 're going in the back beside Richard . |
| 5 | You know the little box that goes into the back of the telly |
| 6 | They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk . |
| 7 | We had bought Rudge Biframe folding mountain bikes specifically to go in the back of the 172 , and trips to the Norfolk Broads , Dartmoor and west Ireland had allowed Anne and I to refine our planning so that not only the flying but — just as importantly for our holiday — the non-flying sections of the trip would be practical and highly enjoyable . |
| 8 | Even though the ball was , to scale , probably seven foot high it still managed to go in the back of the net . |
| 9 | Er and then another one was er bottles , we used to go round the back of er er and get a bottle or two bottles and get tuppence , penny on the pint and tuppence on the quart bottles . |
| 10 | So if a bloke goes in the back of us er er by the bonnet , caught up with the before we start out what what . |
| 11 | She made it clear ( I do n't remember how ) that she wanted to go to the back of the house , to the kitchen . |
| 12 | Away goes Lawrence , rumbling away from us now steams up his run waits and ducks , but it goes over the back of his neck through to Russell , no run . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Anna goes to the back of the house and finds a fire escape . |
| 15 | well if you went out the back for ten minutes |
| 16 | It was almost time for her mistress 's luncheon , and she went towards the back of the hall to the breakfast parlour , one of the few rooms still in use , to see if Mrs Diggory had as yet laid out the tray . |
| 17 | ‘ The race was really lost at the start when I got bogged down and Andretti went into the back of me . |
| 18 | ‘ You nearly went into the back of that bus . ’ |
| 19 | Dorothy waited patiently and had her moment of triumph when someone went into the back of his car at a traffic light — clearly his fault for not getting a move on quicker . |
| 20 | The ball could have gone anywhere in the scramble sadly it went into the back of the United net . |
| 21 | It 's only thanks to Clark 's quick thinking that Richard did n't lose his sight and the pellet from the airrifle went into the back of his head rather than his eye . |
| 22 | she was taken out of work one morning and now they 've bought her another car and I do n't where it 's happened but somebody 's gone into the back of her |
| 23 | The only thing is , the went in the back of it ! |
| 24 | So I went round the back to the studio and looked through one of the windows . |
| 25 | He went round the back of the house and inspected the incinerator , now full of partly glowing but mainly black ashes . |
| 26 | She asked him to hold the screen just where it was and she went round the back of it , out of his sight . |
| 27 | She went round the back of the cottage and returned a minute or two later followed by a stocky , white-haired man with lively , intelligent brown eyes and skin as dark as a gypsy 's . |
| 28 | So they went round the back of the house to find out . |
| 29 | And if you go round the back through the I C erm whatever it is the I C A. |
| 30 | They waited several minutes and then went to the back of the building where the family 's living quarters were . |