Example sentences of "back and [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the , the motor car was used firstly for taking people back and forward to the station . |
| 2 | Then I sort of hold her hands tight while she rocks back and forward on the bed . |
| 3 | As her bobbin shot back and forward between the wools , she sang the old Gaelic songs that had been passed down from mother to daughter for centuries . |
| 4 | Evans sobbed drily , gulping in great mouthfuls of air , and rocked back and forward against the mantelpiece which was lined with Christmas cards . |
| 5 | But after two weeks of going back and fro to the barn they finally decided for some unknown reason that they had had enough . |
| 6 | Albert going past , he 's back and forwards to the garden . |
| 7 | The Cluthas could carry 360 passengers , and in the 60 years from the turn of the century the entire population of Glasgow must have moved back and forwards across the Clyde annually without ever getting its collective feet wet . |
| 8 | When a message allowed unambiguous identification of the requested target , children directed their gaze back and forwards across the array relatively infrequently . |
| 9 | Already there were people there , silhouettes that wandered back and forwards in the firelight . |
| 10 | They all cackle with pleasure at the absurdity of it ; then , as soon as Harry has gone back into his room , they all mock him , walking back and forth about the room holding imaginary braces and letter , and talking with a German accent . |
| 11 | Warmed by Coleman 's sympathy , El-Jorr made a point of introducing him to all the CIs and ‘ mules ’ who arrived at Eurame on their way back and forth along the pipeline , including him in the conversation as they brewed up endless cups of Lebanese coffee . |
| 12 | Cars purr back and forth along the expressways , bearing the Bernsteins to dinner with the Chases , the Chases to the Waylands , the Waylands for a Christmas morning drink with the Bakers . |
| 13 | He paced back and forth on the tarmac , occasionally stopping to talk to his men . |
| 14 | His body swayed gently back and forth on the ropes . |
| 15 | Satan ran back and forth on the line a few times , snout quivering as it tasted the delicious scent trace . |
| 16 | ‘ Tomorrow 's a bit awkward , ’ she says , twisting her shoe back and forth on the ground . |
| 17 | He cantered back and forth on the gravel beach , then rode off through a corn field . |
| 18 | Their voices echoed back and forth across the water like the calls of water birds . |
| 19 | Almost before Laura could blink her eyes a vigorous pillow-fight seemed to be taking place as the two small girls charged back and forth across the bed , screaming with laughter when they managed to score a hit . |
| 20 | The problem is that since West Germany also spies on its neighbour , a great deal of time is taken up with swopping convicted spies back and forth across the border . |
| 21 | She idly watched a tame yellow warbler hopping back and forth across the window sill as Victor put the call through . |
| 22 | He rounded a corner , passing three children kicking a football back and forth across the road . |
| 23 | Second , there was a local Indonesian vessel , the Gouveneur-Generaal Loudon , which was plying back and forth across the Straits between Anjer in Java and Telok Betong in Sumatra . |
| 24 | A six-pack of beer , which someone had forgotten to stow away , slid back and forth across the cabin floor , over and over again . |
| 25 | Back and forth across the bay |
| 26 | The top was of gleaming steel which Mrs Curdle rubbed up daily with emery paper , hissing gently to herself like a groom to a horse , as her busy hand slid back and forth across the satin of the surface . |
| 27 | There at last were the now familiar figures moving back and forth across the sand . |
| 28 | Tilting Hārkini 's head to catch the sun , Kāli angled the reflection on to the wall , casting a stained-glass disc of red , yellow , green , blue and orange circles — splaying it back and forth across the wall according to the movements of her sister 's head . |
| 29 | She was darting back and forth across the clutter on the floor , tweaking cords and muttering beneath her breath . |
| 30 | After the completion of his second term as governor in 1975 , he was unemployed and had the opportunity to trail back and forth across the country making contact with local and state party leaders , raising financial support and fashioning a personal organization . |