Example sentences of "she [vb past] at the back " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mrs Hollidaye had finished her praying and they were leaving the church , she stopped at the back and showed Dot a book with writing in it . |
| 2 | She glanced at the back of each print , hoping for a name or a date or some other clue , but there was nothing . |
| 3 | She looked at the back of the easel . |
| 4 | She looked at the back of Jessica 's head , tucked sideways onto Rory 's shoulder as he drove , and she smiled . |
| 5 | She had at the back of her mind the thought that some new male companion might figure in it . |
| 6 | She stayed at the back of a shop until it was time to come out cautiously and find an unoccupied phone again . |
| 7 | She turned up when Laura was married in 1984 and she stood at the back of the church because she did not want to detract from the bride 's big day . |
| 8 | She stood at the back of the dingy room , the child close by her side , and she listened to the clerk calling out the offences — soliciting was a common phrase , but once he said ‘ Procuring of men ’ — and she noticed that the Justice hardly raised his head : ‘ One pound or one month . |
| 9 | It was a magic place and the fact that one day it would belong to her lay at the back of her mind like some deep buried treasure . |