The easy back-and-forth seemed to lull the Islanders into a stupor that lasted into the third period, until Asham's goal on a short slap shot 50 seconds in.
In fact, former city officials describe an easy back-and-forth over the money among analysts at the mayor's Office of Management and Budget, the Council Finance Division and staff in city agencies.
And Mom explains her context: that of the tired, over-worked mother who wanted more companionship from her quiet husband, the kind of easy back-and-forth she sees that Larry and I enjoy.
Talking to them all, there's an easy back-and-forth between members of the group, with long tangents devoted to fond reminiscences and excited explanations of the favourite games.
The helpful remote control allowed easy shifting back and forth.
Watching a Downey film, I look at his eyes, as restless as Cary Grant's, listen to his wired delivery, with its hiccups and bass slurs, and follow his easy tacking back and forth between sexual tastes, and I see not just an invincible dread of boredom — the kind that might well be sated by drugs, or by keeping a gun in his truck.
All emails and tweets relating to a particular conversation also get grouped together, to make it easier to keep track of any back-and-forth, with threads resurfaced if a new missive comes winging in to highlight associated context for whoever's picking up the thread this time.
Low-cost flights and an open labour market make it easy to go back and forth.Work abroad is often less comfortable at first and, without the family, lonelier than at home, so having raised the money to buy a house or set up a business, people generally want to come back.
They resumed their easy chitchat, the back and forth of their simple declarative sentences.
