Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] was to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My back was to the wind which whistled coldly in the wire frame of my spectacles and cracked the loose folds of my robe . |
| 2 | While he rose in stature , the Ward Development Company suffered crippling misfortunes , until now its back was to the wall , and Esther Ward was a desperate woman . |
| 3 | Normally they did n't like to sanction a digs so far away from the city and the university buildings , but Mrs Hegarty had been quick to explain how near her house was to the railway station , how short was the train journey into town , how good the bracing sea air . |
| 4 | His back was to the window and he did not turn to spare a glance at the crush of the zeks who squirmed against the grime of the windows . |
| 5 | His back was to the waterway . |