Example sentences of "[pron] at the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone at the back of the party slips , the load is transmitted straight through to the leader rather than pulling direct on the intermediate members . |
| 2 | Someone at the back yes . |
| 3 | Someone at the back shouted ‘ Vive la France ’ and there was a round of ironic applause . |
| 4 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
| 5 | ‘ What are we going to sing ? ’ called someone at the back . |
| 6 | Rachel Stevens blinked as Ron Banks , the health and safety officer , flicked the switch of the video recorder and someone at the back of the room turned on the light . |
| 7 | Niki eats up a few places and then finds himself at the back of a bunch of five cars behind Prost , who is running second . |
| 8 | Still , the application of different principles of design at the two ends could be accounted for in one man 's work : either by supposing that he saw and was overwhelmed by the Theseion mural between designing the east and designing the west ; or , perhaps more convincingly , that he felt a traditional , sculptural style proper to the entrance-front while allowing himself at the back to experiment with a new pictorial interest . |
| 9 | Although Phil had been slightly reserved in his manner towards her ( Nancy ) , she knew that that was his way and she was enjoying the company of that wiry , small-boned , gently spoken citizen from Sacramento who almost invariably found himself at the back of every queue that ever formed itself . |
| 10 | It seems Sir Adrian spotted him and shouted out : ‘ Oy — you at the back there ! |
| 11 | … you at the back , madam ? … can I take it , then , that I 'm heard in all parts of the house ? " |
| 12 | At a hundred pounds , any more at a hundred , and ten , one twenty one thirty , one forty fifty , one sixty seventy , one eighty one ninety , two hundred two hundred pounds , against you at the back , two hundred , two twenty front row now at two hundred and twenty pounds , two forty , two sixty two eighty three hundred and twenty three twenty on the right seated , any more at three twenty ? |
| 13 | Two eighty three hundred and twenty three twenty , all done then at three twenty , any more at three hundred and twen three fifty new bidder against you at the back now , bid 's on my left at three fifty and I 'll sell , the bid 's here at three hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 14 | At eighty pounds , any more at eighty pounds eighty five , thank you , at ninety pounds ninety five , a hundred at one hundred against you at the back , at one hundred , you all done at one hundred pounds . |
| 15 | Two sixty , two eighty two hundred and eighty pounds against you at the back and selling for two hundred and eighty pounds two eighty , one one nine . |
| 16 | At eighty , eighty five , ninety ninety five , a hundred pounds and ten going to you at the back , going on , sir ? |
| 17 | Five fifty against you at the back at five hundred and fifty pounds , you all done at five fifty . |
| 18 | I 'm sorry , people ca n't hear you at the back . |
| 19 | ‘ I saw the rose he gave you at the back of the drawer , wrapped in silver foil ! ’ |
| 20 | I mean we 've still got a barren at the back , somebody kicks you at the back on that barren and er in the skeleton that 's exactly like the barren in a monkey 's tail |
| 21 | Can I sit with you at the back some time . |
| 22 | Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , maybe there 's something at the back of a cupboard somewhere , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Similarly , as the hand wanders in a doodle , the mind is free to concentrate on something at the back of it : in this case , the ideas just put before the children . |
| 25 | You know there 's something at the back of my mind about that Datsun and I ca n't think what it is . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Sometimes I think there 's something at the back of all this that 's so … so bloody bizarre . |
| 27 | And then there 's all this , yeah green or something at the back . |
| 28 | Now you can see on there , there 's something at the back is n't there ? |
| 29 | Being anchor man , the one at the back of the rope , and because we were walking directly into the sun , I delighted in the shadows of those in front . |
| 30 | Vic takes the Daily Mail with him to the lavatory , the one at the back of the house , next to the tradesmen 's entrance , with a plain white suite , intended for the use of charladies , gardeners and workmen . |