Example sentences of "[vb pp] back over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inexpensive cottons can be hung from rods or poles and left to hang free at the bottom , although they should be caught back over doors and windows with tie-backs . |
| 2 | Helen had scrambled back over the wall . |
| 3 | Gaily looked back over his shoulder at the rosy-bricked manor house , for he was too near to remembering the time he had wished his mother dead . |
| 4 | The fears which had crawled back over the stockade of his new self were banished : he was unassailable on the rock of Hause Point — what could harm him but Death which here would be no great enemy ? |
| 5 | There was the sound of a chair being pushed back over the floor linoleum . |
| 6 | Course winner CREEAGER , in good form on the Flat in the spring , is well handicapped back over hurdles and , at the 25-1 with Hills and Ladbrokes , makes plenty of each-way appeal . |
| 7 | The lips were drawn back over a row of small pointed teeth in a ghastly grimace , a shriek of pain or terror . |
| 8 | What 's happening to this house ? ’ and Agnes , as she made her way to the linen cupboard , called back over her shoulder , ‘ You 've got the answer to that , Mother , if you dare to face up to it , ’ which left Alice Conway open-mouthed and dumb . |
| 9 | And , as I have said , the genre , however American in origin , has also successfully crossed back over the Atlantic . |
| 10 | They cut a swathe through the massed black-clad warriors , and then turning swiftly trampled back over their disorganized ranks . |
| 11 | Pressed back over their own blue line , Wasps rallied around their minder , Frank Killen , and held out for another two minutes before Herckerrath added a second as three of the Wasps sat out penalties in the box . |
| 12 | ‘ Broken back over the five years to the first rent review , the true rent equates to just £24 per sq ft 40pc less than actually reported . ’ |
| 13 | To test this particular application of Procedure Audit , a monitoring process was established in a section of thirty persons , and the administrative assistant briefed to record the number of queries referred back over a period of two months . |
| 14 | On Jan. 25 the government claimed that the rebels had suffered many casualties and had been driven back over the border into Uganda . |
| 15 | Sometimes , when writing we repeat a word unknowingly and when we read it again we recognise that our pen has slipped back over old ground : we have not found the right word . |
| 16 | On my perch , arms wrapped tightly round the shrouds , I was alternately laid back over the deck and thrust out over the water . |
| 17 | This will be cut back over a period of time . |
| 18 | The unpredictability remains even when we have read to the end of the couplet. even when we have processed both lines of the couplet , our understanding will not be complete until we have gone back over the lines from the viewpoint of their relationship . |
| 19 | She must have gone back over the cards much later , when she was old . |
| 20 | I have also had three two-hour sessions at the job agency which has the training facility , and , having taken down some scribbled notes and typed them up have gone back over it all to improve my notes , so that I can continue re-reading them till I improve my knowledge . |
| 21 | Sobers bowled to Willis , was clumped back over his head for two then steered to third man for two , and England were home with three balls to spare . |
| 22 | Alec gave chase until it was thrown back over his head to be caught by one of the boys at the rear . |
| 23 | Once again the world of the sands and holidays was left far behind as the Auguste Didier School of Cuisine and the committee members of the Literary Lionisers , together with such other Lionisers as could squeeze into the room allotted to them in police headquarters , were once again taken back over the events of last Saturday night . |
| 24 | Curtains can also be elegantly draped back over specially designed curtain-holders . |