Example sentences of "[verb] against [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt his urgency as he moved against her and his breathing caught against her neck . |
| 2 | There were four of them , dressed in black , suited up and masked , huge lantern guns cradled against their chests . |
| 3 | Being cradled against her mother 's soft warm body , Dot tried to feel like a baby , to remember what she had seen through the crack in the double doors as Gloria had cradled Baby against her while the nurses gathered round with protective outstretched arms . |
| 4 | She poured herself a gin and tonic and took up a position she had frequently occupied since the kidnap — standing by the lounge window , staring out into the garden , glass cupped in her right hand and cradled against her breast like a child , cigarette held aloft in her left hand , mouth half-open , eyes fixed intently on some distant and perhaps invisible object . |
| 5 | I thank my right hon. Friend for what he has just said about the vile allegations and lies against my hon. and learned Friend — I use both words advisedly — the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) . |
| 6 | Thus in ( 162 ) one gets the impression of a person laughing against his own will , because of some external coercion . |
| 7 | The squalling north wind beats against my windows . |
| 8 | The rain beat against my face , pasted my hair to my scalp , ran down my neck . |
| 9 | Victoria smiled again , and her long eyelashes flickered against her cheek . |
| 10 | The executive transporter seemed to be pressing against her back . |
| 11 | She could feel it , pressing against her belly from beneath , like solid indigestion . |
| 12 | Standing on tiptoe , she arched her lower body to his scarcely needing the encouragement of his hand pressing against her spine . |
| 13 | She felt the strength of his body pressing against her own , turning her insides to a quivering mass . |
| 14 | His body was touching hers , the hard length of his thighs pressing against her own . |
| 15 | She could feel the hard muscles of his body pressing against her side , his arm sheltering her in a way that made her trust him . |
| 16 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 17 | The result is that the hammer or the bullet is pressing against its target for a period , perhaps about a hundredth of a second , which is very long compared with the time which is required to conduct the energy away from the point of impact in the form of waves of sound or stress . |
| 18 | Although the new military rulers eventually decided the tournament should go ahead , somehow the orders did not filter down and a group of soldiers stormed the court , forcing Ashe to take refuge in the dressing room with a machine gun pressing against his neck . |
| 19 | The only comfortable position was standing up because then the fluid drained away and stopped pressing against his lungs . |
| 20 | ‘ Get down , you fool ! ’ he grated in her ear as his arm drew her into the protection of his body , her face pressing against his neck . |
| 21 | Afterwards , she lay naked , warm and quiescent in the curve of his arm , listening to his laboured breathing , feeling the fast , steady beat of his heart as it thundered against her cheek , knowing that it could never have been so good , so satisfying for both of them if she had n't loved him . |
| 22 | FitzAlan 's heart thundered against her cheek and his body was strung as tightly as her own , the arm around her like iron . |
| 23 | His fingers warm against her cheek , as though he needed to touch , he continued , ‘ When you 've wanted something for so long , and you finally think you 've found it , and then it all turns to ashes , it makes you over-react — sounds lame , does n't it ? |
| 24 | She is behind him now , holding him , her breasts warm against his back . |
| 25 | For Germany now had the chance to bring her new strength of purpose to bear against her real enemy — at which point Nietzsche introduced a reinterpretation of politics in cultural and philosophical terms which was to become characteristic of his mature thinking : the " real enemy " was modern superficiality , and Germany 's chance was to destroy it by relearning " tragic cognition " from the Greeks . |
| 26 | A canvas satchel looped round his neck sagged against his chest . |
| 27 | ‘ Always pushing me away , ’ he went on , his words muffled against her skin . |
| 28 | Then , his mouth muffled against her sweet-smelling hair , he went on softly , ‘ Do n't be too disappointed ; I 'll make it up to you . |
| 29 | ‘ Leonora , ’ he said harshly , his voice muffled against her hair , ‘ have you any idea what you 're doing to me ? ’ |
| 30 | Derby , who are at home to Swindon , will be hope goal difference counts against their rivals . |