Example sentences of "[noun sg] back over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shook hands on the deal and I grabbed the handles and began to push my first cock sparrow back over the bridge towards the Whitechapel Road . |
| 2 | Henry cast his mind back over the evening . |
| 3 | The transmission faded and he frowned , casting his mind back over the conversation . |
| 4 | Lightly fold one half of the dough back over the rolling pin , then carefully transfer to the tin . |
| 5 | Botham stood there with bat poised and with casual ease lifted the ball back over the bowler 's head for six runs . |
| 6 | ‘ Thacker , who was the sort of swimmer who needed a Mae West to stay afloat in his bath , battled his burning Hurricane back over the Maltese coast at about 6,000 feet , he then pulled his hood back , rolled her and baled out . |
| 7 | She would take the long route back over the desolate flats . |
| 8 | ’ … but first let's have a look back over the Maxwell era at the Manor ground . |
| 9 | They trekked round the side of the house and started a weary trail back over the moon-grey lawn , their feet dragging dark channels through the dew . |
| 10 | Then , when it is ridden in the show ring , or it sees something possibly threatening , its anxiety peaks — it promptly stands on its hind legs or pulls its tongue back over the bit . |
| 11 | He felt reluctant to tackle the journey back over the moors until daylight , and turned the horse instead down the lane to Cherry Tree Farm . |
| 12 | WHAT THE f— was that , asked Britain 's disoriented youth , as a bonkers DJ from New York made a record out of bits of other people 's tunes — splicing up Queen , Blondie and Chic , cross-referencing lyrics and scra-scra-scratching the needle back over the same stretch of vinyl . |
| 13 | She put the cover back over the Pavlov stock . |
| 14 | She had unwittingly touched a nerve , sending his memory back over the years , to when he was a young man . |
| 15 | On the way back over the lines west we saw a lot of traffic with trains going to Oxford , coal to Didcot power station , 125 's to the West Country and three class 37 's up and down with nowhere to go . |
| 16 | He wound his way back over the leaf-strewn grass like a toy duck . |
| 17 | The Rising Star and Half Moon began to shine as I wended my way back over the Skerne Bridge . |
| 18 | I asked as Reid pulled the sheet back over the little girl . |
| 19 | He laid the sheet back over the face . |
| 20 | As you climb , the view back over the way you 've come opens up and the wild moorland and rolling downlands stretch into the distance . |