Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] against " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the bird were dashing itself against the bars , feathers flying , then the similarities to human suffering would arouse impulses to assist , even to release it , like the giraffe . |
| 32 | Against her will her breasts swelled , hardened nipples forcing themselves against the cotton . |
| 33 | Leicester 's promising front row of Graham Rowntree , Richard Cockerill and Baron Garforth will relish testing themselves against the experienced Mark Linnett , Olver and Probyn . |
| 34 | testing themselves against risk , |
| 35 | Properly testing themselves against risk , as a human must , and does |
| 36 | The alienation of king and archbishop gave added significance to long-standing grievances at a time when by protecting Eardwulf 's enemies the archbishop was allying himself against the king . |
| 37 | Rain left him supporting himself against a table as she fetched her shoulder bag . |
| 38 | She tried to close the door but he was grasping the edge of it , supporting himself against it . |
| 39 | Clarify , however , is positioning itself against the others as the most ‘ haute couture ’ of the breed , the kind of house that could easily mushroom into a $100m enterprise in just a few years . |
| 40 | Of course there are individual doctors who are well aware of the mess their profession has got itself into ; but the very fact that they are in a profession , and one which has succeeded in armouring itself against state intervention , makes it hard for them to get their ideas accepted . |
| 41 | Julie rolled over , finally propping herself against the back door , touching the bolts there to reassure herself that it was locked . |
| 42 | Then , a few minutes later , as she climbed beneath the bedovers , propping herself against the pillows to read a chapter of her book , she heard footsteps coming up the stairs . |
| 43 | His kiss was deep and sensual ; she opened her mouth without hesitation , moulding herself against him eagerly . |
| 44 | It looked like a drunken woman supporting herself against a building in the street . |
| 45 | Franca turned , bracing herself against the old unthinking uninformed wave of pleasure which , urging her towards him , almost lifted her off her feet . |
| 46 | Bracing herself against the movement of the boat , she clutched the crash bar in front of the cooker with one hand and pressed the other to her face . |
| 47 | Leonora turned her back on the past , bracing herself against the wind as she walked briskly towards the spot where the cliff path began its decent to Seal Haven . |
| 48 | She gripped his hand as tightly as she could , feeling a terrific wrench on her shoulders as he tried to haul her in , steadying himself against the door to ensure that he did n't end up suffering the same fate as his companion . |
| 49 | ROGER HOAD is threatening to sue the Jockey Club for the Pounds 5,500 he spent on successfully defending himself against weight-switching allegations . |
| 50 | He was a little boy again , defending himself against an accusation , petulant and self-righteous but , above all , scared . |
| 51 | It is true that he would have an answer to those claims because she was in desertion , but nevertheless he would be put to all the trouble , worry and expense of defending himself against them . |
| 52 | ‘ I got the most stick when Clinton was defending himself against allegations of an affair . |
| 53 | As though the three of them were a group , defending itself against the outside world . |
| 54 | For some prey , it becomes a matter of safety in numbers , with musk oxen forming up in a defensive circle to face a pack of marauding wolves , like a wagon train defending itself against attacking Indians . |
| 55 | The mystery about this particular form of protective armour is precisely what the shrew is defending itself against . |
| 56 | The safety of an army in the field is dependent not only on defending itself against direct attack but also on its maintaining open communications with its base … we should be as much concerned with threats to the rear as with threats to the front . |
| 57 | Ego takes great pleasure in wallowing in self-pity , and defending itself against all charges , whatever the cost to others . |
| 58 | As far as Humphreys is concerned , firms which occupy the high ground in executive search are not necessarily limited in the variety , volume or type of search work that can be undertaken ; for example , Tyzack 's recent work includes finding the chairman of London Transport , looking simultaneously for three chief executives for an international trading company in the Far East , Europe and the US ( none of whom was to earn less than US$450 000 ) , searching for the chairman of the Monopolies & Mergers Commission , tracking down the chief executive of a building society and the MD of a conglomerate which , during the search , was defending itself against likely take-over bids . |
| 59 | Peter drew a torch out of his pocket and held it above his head ; the beam spread out , eventually spending itself against the darkness of the tunnel . |
| 60 | She got up , steadying herself against the wall , and took a few experimental steps . |