Example sentences of "[adv] and forward " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spins out a sketch , builds anticipation , until finally , with a well-timed line and a choice epithet , he sets them free and they howl with laughter , heads rocking backwards and forward , forward and back … |
| 2 | This was , in Geary 's terminology , a pivotal period , in which the responsibility for controlling public-order situations passed , backwards and forward , between central government and local employer-magistrates . |
| 3 | Ropes were wrapped around the log and the servants swung it backwards and forward , hammering at the door until it groaned , cracked , then snapped back on its hinges . |
| 4 | He put his head in his hands and rocked backwards and forward for some minutes . |
| 5 | Each step leads us upward and forward , each providing further transformation of our lives before God and before ourselves in the light of God . |
| 6 | When asked why he chose ‘ Horizon ’ as the name for the ensemble he formed in 1980 , Bobby Watson answered : ‘ Because I define the word as ‘ a vision that 's both moving forward and forward looking ’ — that 's what my concept of the band is ’ . |
| 7 | With respect to the lack of co-operation , there is of course a tendency ( not uncommon elsewhere ) for librarians in different sectors to develop groups and associations to consider the problems and work within their individual sectors , without looking backward and forward to other levels of education . |
| 8 | The other thing to avoid is swaying backward and forward so that you are alternately bellowing and whispering , fading out or disappearing entirely at intervals like a badly tuned radio station ! |
| 9 | They move backward and forward between denial and anger and depression , unable to break out of the circle of despair by acceptance of what has happened . |
| 10 | In a sense , an ideal hypertext environment would emulate the way in which the human mind examines and researches information , not in a step-by-step , linear fashion , but moving in different directions and by jumping backward and forward within the information resource . |