Example sentences of "the [noun] on [art] back " in BNC.

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1 Then serge ( page 34 ) the turning allowance of the outer fabric to the turning of the interlining on the back of the pelmet and through the buckram , making sure no stitches show on the right side .
2 He hurried around the table and patted the wizard on the back .
3 Besides , he was dead to the wide on the back seat when it happened .
4 ‘ Probably the blow on the back of the head , Max . ’
5 But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car .
6 But because of increasing restrictions over the past few years we have now bought a rack to carry the bikes on the back of a car .
7 What you do on that first page of the month , is you put those that , that page that says to be done in January ninety four , or whatever , erm , you put the notes on the back of the calendar card in priority order and add any other formal targets you 've got .
8 The paintwork on the back of the bootlid looked decidedly patchy and certainly not up to the high standard on the rest of the car .
9 A growing proportion of the profession in the UK is engaged in consulting practice , as the chart on the back of this review indicates .
10 Try one with the Xs. on the back of that , save my paper a bit , .
11 Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back .
12 The gum on the back of each of the bigger special issues , such as the Christmas stamps , is worth 14.5 calories .
13 THERE was one point when the hair on the back of my head began to lift .
14 But the hair on the back of her neck prickled to hear him saying it so calmly .
15 Corbett sensed menace and malevolence , and the hair on the back of his neck bristled .
16 The Franciscan felt the hair on the back of his neck stir as he looked towards the door .
17 He laughed uproariously and slapped the driver on the back .
18 It is undoubtedly Chairman something of a compromise , but it should be moved as significant portion of the noise on the back roads although not all .
19 Another feature of dolphin skin which could offset turbulence and accelerate movement is a system of dermal ridges ( similar to those that make up our fingerprints ) which are found beneath the skin on the back and flanks of most cetaceans , and seem to correspond to the patterns of water flow .
20 The tendon which flexes this digit runs just beneath the skin on the back of the horse 's lower leg .
21 Fig15 If you can not get back and the wind is very light , by carefully balancing the rig on the back of the board you can lie down on the front and paddle back
22 The hairs on the back of his neck suddenly prickled and stood on end .
23 The hairs on the back of his neck began to rise with the blast of primitive hatred which had rushed through the air .
24 I want the hairs on the back of your neck to stand up and say ‘ Wooaah !
25 * But unfortunately , when you work in the health service , when you hear the government , when you hear groups saying there are new initiatives to get West Belfast to work , to get the unemployed people into jobs , sometimes it makes the hairs on the back of my head stand .
26 ‘ That 's obscene , ’ Ace growled , the hairs on the back of her neck prickling at the thought that a mother could do that .
27 Donna , too , felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise as they moved into the right-hand gallery .
28 The hairs on the back of Thérèse 's neck rose up and shouted Danger .
29 Education is rarely named by providers for fear of alienation and women are talked about in ways which make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end .
30 There was something in his voice that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up .
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