Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] back over " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a whole , though , they do suggest an author looking back over his own work and trying to reduce it to order . |
| 2 | Before answering them , just just spend a minute thinking back over the last week . |
| 3 | The girl pulled on her wrap and moved to the door looking back over her shoulder as she went and Paula was aware of the hostility in her gaze . |
| 4 | And today we have a contribution to make in terms of our history of free trade , our outward-looking attitude to the world , and the weight of our tradition of parliamentary and democratic government stretching back over the centuries — something unmatched by any of our partners , for some of whom the very concept of democracy is of recent origin . |
| 5 | With an illustrious past stretching back over more than a century and with no fewer than 30 Championships behind them the challenge for Yorkshire cricket in 1992 is to find a team that can live up to the tradition . |
| 6 | ‘ We have a running programme of consultation going back over the last two years , ’ she said . |
| 7 | One moved smoothly into position , its driver leaning back over his seat to unlock the rear door . |
| 8 | Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles . |