back number
Example Sentences
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The Force did hit back, number eight Richard Brown creeping over after a quick pick-and-go from captain Matt Hodgson.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2013
The fact that GM is back, number one, I think shows the kind of turnaround that’s possible when it comes to American manufacturing.”
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 2, 2012
“The adults are being sent back, number one.”
From Washington Post
Suddenly, after Alec's and Johnnie Graham's amateur operetta had made a sensation, she found herself a back number entertaining mobs of Alec's "Yahoo" theatrical acquaintances.
From Time Magazine Archive
This afternoon, I noticed, he yawned and fidgeted in his chair, and paid to his book the distracted attention of a person reading a back number of a magazine in a dentist's waiting room.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
