Example sentences of "backwards [coord] [adv] across [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both hulls were flooded , the water driving backwards and forwards across the saloon deck as the waves lifted first one hull , then the other . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I waved my light backwards and forwards across the window . |
| 4 | From the study above them , however , came the sound of footsteps moving backwards and forwards across the floor . |
| 5 | One solution to this problem is to sweep the image backwards and forwards across the retina so that edges modulate the output of the DOG filter . |
| 6 | More deflector panels sweep the beam backwards and forwards across the screen to trace out the picture lines . |
| 7 | Having got used to a side view , the next stage is to let the model drift slowly backwards and forwards across the wind in front of you ( Fig. 5.2 ) . |