A mighty bridge, sir, which carries the Camlas over a valley on its back.
Its back was to the road: at its eastern end was a fine arched window like the oriel window of a church.
The middle-sized monkey was stupid and kindly, and all the rest of the company imposed on it; the little monkey invariably rode on its back, and the peccary used it as a head pillow when it felt sleepy.
One, while fighting the dogs, suddenly threw itself on its back, evidently hoping to grasp a dog with its paws; and it now and then reared, in order to strike at its assailants.
Now whereas if it be plac'd on its back, with its belly upwards, as it is in the 35.
It brought it into the chamber for which it was destined, placing it on its back, the head down and the feet towards the door.
At last the combat ends; the cricket is brought to earth, turned on to its back, and maintained in this position by the Sphex.
If placed in an aquarium with little fragments of paper it will seize them and place them on its back, as it would have done with algæ, without troubling as to whether they become fixed or not.
Having induced him at last to rise, the load of grass was up-ended, the donkey put broadside on to it, and the burden was quickly hoisted on to its back again.
When all the head and back of the neck is adjusted to your measurements, bring the skin over and around the edge of the oval to its back, attaching it firmly there with strong tacks.
When I came home, she insisted upon my going to see it, and feel its pulse; and when I told her to put a blister on its back, she seemed to enjoy it amazingly, and almost screamed with delight.
It gains its name of the blue or black snake from the colour of its back, which is, as you see, blue-black; while the underside is of an ashen slate hue.
Its back is covered with long thin hair of a light chestnut colour, beneath which lies a fine wool of soft greyish brown.
Its movements became slower and slower, till the puma, having learned to avoid its tusks, sprang on its back, and then rolling it over with one blow of its paw, tore out its inside.
Scarcely thinking of the danger I ran of wounding the stranger, I lifted my rifle and fired, when the deer bounding up fell lifeless on its back.
When he had followed these instructions for some time, his room was filled with many-coloured clouds, music was heard, and a celestial stork came and bore him away on its backto the regions of immortality.
In the north especially the grave is very often surmounted by a huge marble tortoise bearing the inscribed tablet, or what we call the gravestone, on its back.
The disciple seated himself on its back, and both, disappearing into space, returned to the Western Heavens.
And they looked, and saw the ram coming nearer and nearer, and then they knew that it really was a boy on its back; and by and by the ram came down upon the earth near their feet, and Phrixos got off its back.
And King Aietes was walking about in his garden, when he looked up into the sky, and saw something which looked very like a yellow sheep with a little boy on its back.
The rabbit rolled over on its back, and Beth rose in a leisurely way, fetched it, carrying it by its legs, and threw it down on the bag.
Late in the evening he brought out a board and set it on trestles, then he brought a sheep, lifted it up by its legs and put it on its back on the board, tied its feet, and cut its throat.
Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored.
Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black.
Was that the wolf which Walter was to take by the neck and shake and throw down on its back, no matter how much it struggled?
All day long, while he was herding the cows, he thought and thought how he was to call the colt, for he felt sure that once on its back he could overcome the other dangers.
But the barrel soon popped up on the surface, and a few moments later the animal's body appeared and rolled over on its back.
The shark returned, rolled over on its back, and was getting ready to cut the Indian in half, when Captain Nemo, who was stationed beside me, suddenly stood up.
Don't tell me it is necessary for a shark to turn on its back.
He never took his eyes from the horse, which, screaming, strove to run, but fell down instead and rolled on its back so that all its four legs were kicking in the air.
The simplest method, of tying a towel or cloth around the child with a knot over the spinal column, so that it will hurt and waken it, if it turns on its back, is a very good one and should be carefully tried for some time.
Various plans should be tried to keep the child from sleeping on its back.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "its back" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
