Sentence examples for back used to from inspiring English sources

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(Drilling the ball at your opponent's back used to be a common tactic).

— Tiger Woods jumped on the question by the sportscaster Jim Hill on Tuesday the way Hill, a former N.F.L. defensive back, used to jump on receivers' routes.

WEAKNESSES -- Running back used to be a weakness, but the Patriots traded for Corey Dillon, a three-time Pro Bowl player who was unhappy in Cincinnati last season and talked himself into a trade.

They describe themselves as country folk (the toolshed out back used to be a chicken house, and their trip to the tree-lighting ceremony in 1986 was their first visit to New York City since the 1964 World's Fair).

Shumpert, who sprained his left knee on opening day, said that he was getting plenty of fluids but that his body was still reacclimating after a long layoff .I sat out nine days with my leg completely straight," he said".I guess my muscles got to get back used to playing so many minutes".

A stunning door socket from about 3000 B.C., on loan from the University of Pennsylvania, is carved from dense black rock: the face of a bound captive tilts upward, and there is a deep hole in his back, used to secure a pole that would have ground into the figure each time the door was opened.

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127 is a loop back subnet used to refer back to your NIC card).

3 min: City stroke it around the back, getting used to the ball.

As a running back, Simpson used to overcome tacklers with his merciless will.

Behind his back, people used to say good things; he was hockey's favorite bachelor uncle.

Patients with back pain used to be told to stay in bed.

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