Example sentences of "their [noun pl] to the wall " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when it was obvious that he had nothing more to say , they lay down on their cots , pulled up their blankets and turned their faces to the wall . |
| 2 | In the tense silence that followed , Tam and Lan , who had their faces to the wall , heard their father draw a long shuddering breath ; then the first crack of the bamboo cane rang through the quiet room like a pistol shot . |
| 3 | The Trog said , leading the way over to where the mortar team were sitting with their backs to the wall , having something to eat . |
| 4 | As Adam Smith remarks in 1759 : ‘ When a person comes into his chamber , and finds the chairs all standing in the middle of the room , he is angry with his servant , and rather than see them continue in that disorder , perhaps takes the trouble himself to set them all in their places with their backs to the wall . |
| 5 | The rest of the company ranged themselves around the long , cold room , their backs to the wall , their eyes on the man opposite , their faces utterly inexpressive . |
| 6 | Outside the door , where the orderlies sat on the ground in a row , their backs to the wall , a woman was berating the coffee orderly , Yussuf . |
| 7 | In December 1941 , Britain , the Anzacs , the Commonwealth , fought with their backs to the wall . |
| 8 | These agents are unfortunately fairly easy to come by and the Iraqis have already proven themselves to be masters of er subversive acquisition , er given that they are also now fired with a certain amount of fundamentalism , and should they find their backs to the wall , that even be accelerated . |