Example sentences of "backwards and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I scuttled backwards and hid behind the curtains . |
| 2 | The recoil gives you added stability , but you must take care that it does n't thrust you backwards and off balance . |
| 3 | The last Menzies saw of him was his head turning , his mouth uttering inaudible words , as a heavy door ground backwards and then slammed shut . |
| 4 | As she rounded the gates of the school she saw him sitting on a low wall , his little legs dangling , swinging backwards and forwards . |
| 5 | She tried joining her mind to the millions of people everywhere glued to screens for this all important match but all she could see was Colm 's pudgy little legs swinging backwards and forwards and the grim look on his face as she washed away the crusted blood . |
| 6 | The second step of every hornpipe is ‘ hauling up the anchor ’ : the sailors stand one behind the other in line , bend down , grasp the rope with both hands , haul it backwards and then relax a moment before repeating the grasp and haul . |
| 7 | Leave the brush in the oil for several hours , or longer , and then remove it and squeeze out the oil and work the brush backwards and forwards over plain brown paper or the side of a clean carton . |
| 8 | The unhappy truth is that foreign armies have been marching backwards and forwards across Lebanon for hundreds of years . |
| 9 | Other noisy people who were very grey moved rapidly backwards and forwards on the end wall . |
| 10 | The five dogs on the other end of it were not impressed with the idea of going backwards and battle was joined . |
| 11 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 12 | Fingers are moved backwards and forwards by these delicate sinews — flexor tendons in the palms , which bend the fingers , and extensor tendons on the back of the hand , which straighten them again . |
| 13 | He stumbled backwards and struck a bed screen that crashed to the floor , bringing him with it . |
| 14 | Frank covered his face with his hands and sat rocking himself backwards and forwards , like a child seeking comfort in a healing rhythm . |
| 15 | The piece prepared by the six young musicians includes a crisp packet being scrunched , playing cards flicked with the skill of a sharper and the zip on 14-year-old Sunjeev Singh 's bag buzzing backwards and forwards . |
| 16 | THE Conservative Party juggernaut was last night rolling backwards and forwards across the person of Sir Anthony Meyer after he had virtually committed himself to standing against Mrs Thatcher when the annual leadership contest is formally declared open today . |
| 17 | Each round was a photocopy of the previous one , Duran edging forward , Leonard moving backwards and the space between them constant . |
| 18 | There is a massive sub-culture there , looking backwards and it 's getting more insidious all the time . |
| 19 | He heard Lee flicking the switch backwards and forwards . |
| 20 | It was too big , a great covered space where people strode backwards and forwards in a hurry . |
| 21 | It would droop lower and lower until it rested on her knees , then she would clasp her knees with both hands and rock herself , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , moaning , her face hidden in her skid . |
| 22 | It would droop lower and lower until it rested on her knees , then she would clasp her knees with both hands and rock herself , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , moaning , her face hidden in her skid . |
| 23 | Now Sid and Ethel demonstrated a samba , doing scissor-cutting steps backwards and forwards , then with hands on hips somehow entwined , and heads looking behind them , they went round in a circle . |
| 24 | Now he pretended to be waving his cape at the bull and executed a neat veronica , then she kicked her leg up backwards and touched her heel with her fingers while he looked scornfully on with one hand behind his back palm facing outwards . |
| 25 | And if we do n't let go , it will get annoyed , and swing the leg backwards and forwards trying to wrench it from our grasp . |
| 26 | The wheel never stopped turning , the machines rattled backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , never slowing , never slacking , never tiring ; backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , ever anxious , ever urgent , ever eager ; full of anger and ambition with a rhythm so consistent , irresistibly insistent , ever beating , never cheating , beating , beating through the brain . |
| 27 | The wheel never stopped turning , the machines rattled backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , never slowing , never slacking , never tiring ; backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , ever anxious , ever urgent , ever eager ; full of anger and ambition with a rhythm so consistent , irresistibly insistent , ever beating , never cheating , beating , beating through the brain . |
| 28 | The wheel never stopped turning , the machines rattled backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , never slowing , never slacking , never tiring ; backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , ever anxious , ever urgent , ever eager ; full of anger and ambition with a rhythm so consistent , irresistibly insistent , ever beating , never cheating , beating , beating through the brain . |
| 29 | The wheel never stopped turning , the machines rattled backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , never slowing , never slacking , never tiring ; backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , ever anxious , ever urgent , ever eager ; full of anger and ambition with a rhythm so consistent , irresistibly insistent , ever beating , never cheating , beating , beating through the brain . |
| 30 | The wheel never stopped turning , the machines rattled backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , never slowing , never slacking , never tiring ; backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , ever anxious , ever urgent , ever eager ; full of anger and ambition with a rhythm so consistent , irresistibly insistent , ever beating , never cheating , beating , beating through the brain . |