Example sentences of "back [conj] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes two movements to operate the lace carriage , once to the right to transfer stitches then back OR once to the right to prepare and then back transferring stitches on the return to the left , leaving the main carriage clear to work two rows ; across , to place loops in empty needles and back to the right knitting all the stitches . |
| 2 | But the , the motor car was used firstly for taking people back and forward to the station . |
| 3 | Then I sort of hold her hands tight while she rocks back and forward on the bed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Evans sobbed drily , gulping in great mouthfuls of air , and rocked back and forward against the mantelpiece which was lined with Christmas cards . |
| 6 | But after two weeks of going back and fro to the barn they finally decided for some unknown reason that they had had enough . |
| 7 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 8 | Below them were moored feluccas with their long thin yards curving back and up from the masts in the same immaculate line . |
| 9 | They seemed to stretch back for a very long way and Nuadu , narrowing his eyes , trying to find his bearings , thought that they must go back and back into the hillside behind the road and deep within the earth . |
| 10 | There seemed to be a door cut into the wall that was farthest away from the window ; Fenella , trying to get her bearings , thought it would lead more deeply into the Workshops , perhaps even back and back into the cave part . |
| 11 | The hips at impact have started to turn towards the target , but the right shoulder is still back and out of the way . |
| 12 | If the maul is stationary but the ball is being moved back and out in the maul then the referee will allow time for the ball to emerge . |
| 13 | Albert going past , he 's back and forwards to the garden . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When a message allowed unambiguous identification of the requested target , children directed their gaze back and forwards across the array relatively infrequently . |
| 16 | Already there were people there , silhouettes that wandered back and forwards in the firelight . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He paced back and forth on the tarmac , occasionally stopping to talk to his men . |
| 21 | His body swayed gently back and forth on the ropes . |
| 22 | Satan ran back and forth on the line a few times , snout quivering as it tasted the delicious scent trace . |
| 23 | ‘ Tomorrow 's a bit awkward , ’ she says , twisting her shoe back and forth on the ground . |
| 24 | He cantered back and forth on the gravel beach , then rode off through a corn field . |
| 25 | Their voices echoed back and forth across the water like the calls of water birds . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She idly watched a tame yellow warbler hopping back and forth across the window sill as Victor put the call through . |
| 29 | He rounded a corner , passing three children kicking a football back and forth across the road . |
| 30 | 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 . |