Example sentences of "and forth [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may wish to tow equipment in train to save repeated trips back and forth to the kitchen . |
| 2 | The thought of returning to another sparse lodging in a back-street of London , to the endless trudging back and forth to the Register Office , to the days of scant food and less warmth , filled her with dread . |
| 3 | And he tramped back and forth to the loom . |
| 4 | Her parents Madeleine and Michael live too far away ; in Amersham , to travel back and forth to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where their daughter is being treated . |
| 5 | His job was to go back and forth to the store , from the store to the job , etcetera er up to the bin fill the bag up with chore take the bag up to the rivet boy and er the the chore was used of course was used to heat the rivets . |
| 6 | As we had hoped , swallows , house martins and sand martins zipped back and forth over the lake , fly-catching , or skimming low to sip , their beaks cutting a line across the still surface of the water . |
| 7 | With the saw blade set at 15° the jig locates in the mitre fence slots of the saw table , sliding back and forth over the blade . |
| 8 | He made loud wailing noises as he sailed back and forth over the wall , missing the top by inches . |
| 9 | In my home in Wales last week , I paced back and forth over the flagstones , my aerial before me , like a dowser looking for water . |
| 10 | The top stitches coil back and forth over the back stitches , see above right . |
| 11 | I spat into my fingers and used them , then found his foreskin was loose enough to be rolled back and forth over the head , and did that for a while . |
| 12 | He stood by the door , listening for movement , and again heard the slow footsteps , pacing back and forth over the carpet . |
| 13 | The thieves had obviously been back and forth over the ravine ferrying everything back to their car . |
| 14 | This is what the strategists in the Strategy Unit would call a Debatable Land — a territory on the frontier between different empires which has changed hands back and forth over the years . |
| 15 | Birds sewed back and forth over the line . |
| 16 | His body swayed gently back and forth on the ropes . |
| 17 | He paced back and forth on the tarmac , occasionally stopping to talk to his men . |
| 18 | Satan ran back and forth on the line a few times , snout quivering as it tasted the delicious scent trace . |
| 19 | He cantered back and forth on the gravel beach , then rode off through a corn field . |
| 20 | ‘ Tomorrow 's a bit awkward , ’ she says , twisting her shoe back and forth on the ground . |
| 21 | Parking difficulties — so more time — more nervous energy — more pulling back and forth at the steering-wheel and the gear-lever — none of which , he might tell us , he in any way enjoys . |
| 22 | Claire ranges back and forth at the foot of the bed , throwing her arms around for emphasis . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Long strings of coloured bulbs wound back and forth through the girders . |
| 27 | An army of waiters carrying silver-plated dishes barged back and forth through the swing doors of the kitchens . |
| 28 | Spells crackled back and forth through the air . |
| 29 | Essentially , all the invention consisted of was an overhead vacuum cleaner which moved back and forth between the textile machines and which had attached to it a long vertical tube , reaching almost to the floor . |
| 30 | Seemed to go back and forth between the reservation and the city for a while looking for the right place to be . |