Example sentences of "[noun] back across [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mons road offered the shortest route to Brussels , and if Brussels fell the Emperor would have succeeded in driving the British back to the North Sea and the Prussians back across the Rhine . |
| 2 | Woodward pushed the folder back across the table . |
| 3 | The Burgundians then intervened , pushing the Visigoths back across the river . |
| 4 | The patriarch Arsen III , fearful of Turkish reprisals following an abortive Austrian advance into Serbia , organised a mass migration of Serbs — probably over 30,000 families — to follow the retreating Austrians back across the Danube , where they joined their compatriots in Vojvodina . |
| 5 | The Hong Kong Government emphasises that its deportation policy for the Vietnamese is no different from its policy of sending illegal Chinese immigrants back across the border . |
| 6 | Offering Mr Hurd his support , Mr Michael Heseltine ( C. Henley ) , said : ‘ It 's quite impossible to explain to the Chinese population in Hong Kong that we 're putting their relatives back across the frontier with the mainland day after day , and allowing boat people from Vietnam to remain in Hong Kong . ’ |
| 7 | We saw the free kick come in from Paul Simpson , it appeared that Martin Foyle headed the ball back across the face of the goal , then it was all a little blurred , and you appeared with the ball in the net . |
| 8 | Then they became animated , gesturing and talking , devising a strategy to bring the boar back across the river . |
| 9 | He braced himself against the now torrential downpour and grabbed the door handle with both hands , hauling the sliding door back across the opening but stopping short of banging it closed . |
| 10 | tossing the photo back across the desk . |
| 11 | As we started the long walk back across the tundra to Camp Bell , we decided that there was nothing for it but to establish a base camp at the foot of the cliffs . |
| 12 | Corbett moved the cup of ale back across the table . |
| 13 | Placing the bagpipes in my rucksack I made my way back across the green to the orchard , expecting a summons at any moment to appear before Shimi Lovat . |
| 14 | On the way back across the lake I dragged my ankle in the cold water and back at camp kept it elevated with cold cloths , then Kaz wrapped it in an ice bandage . |
| 15 | We made our way back across the bridge through the huge puffin colony of lundaland to our comfortable turf-roofed house for a much needed meal . |
| 16 | ‘ Dear God , ’ Devlin said , ‘ I sometimes wonder why Steiner does n't make his own way back across the Channel , walking on water . ’ |
| 17 | Lieutenants Makepeace and Harvey would always be his duty officers , thought Charlie as he made his way back across the parade ground in the direction of the company offices . |
| 18 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 19 | She knew it was with good reason that she had brought her papers back across the lake that day . |
| 20 | From the first top there is a breathtaking panorama back across the glen to the southern slopes of Ben Nevis and Aonach Beag , but perhaps more thrilling , across the corrie westwards to the goal of Sgurr a' Mhaim . |
| 21 | Anderton scored in the 26th minute after Barmby had headed Neil Ruddock 's cross back across the goal , delivered the corner that Teddy Sheringham converted after 44 minutes and then crossed for Barmby to score late in the first half . |
| 22 | Fred flicked the envelope back across the table . |