Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet British producers did n't appreciate the scale of what they were up against . |
| 2 | There could hardly be a better reminder of what they were up against : a regent in Scotland with whom they were now at war , but whose political skills they recognized , and whom they regarded with respect , acting for their sovereign in France who so far failed to rule that she got a foreign monarch to tell them off . |
| 3 | To go one down with nine minutes remaining and with only 10 men , we were up against it . ’ |
| 4 | But they were up against history and another well-backed Jackpot candidate went down . |
| 5 | This was always going to be a difficult match for Hammer to win , as they were up against a ‘ Mill side eager to take the trophy for the first time since 1974 . |
| 6 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 7 | The Liverpool group were up against Elvis Presley , Frank Ifield and evergreen Cliff Richard . |
| 8 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 9 | They thought it was best to know what you were up against , but Preston was n't sure it had done them a lot of good in the long run . |
| 10 | " There was one very difficult principle that we were up against which I did not really know about to start with … that in accordance with the general surrender everyone was supposed to surrender to the Allied Army against whom they had been fighting . |
| 11 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
| 12 | At the Pitztal FIS downhill , which was held on a high glacier , we were up against none other than Peter Mueller , on the road back from last season 's devastating knee injury . |
| 13 | When we were finally told , it was like the world caving in , but in a dreadful way it was a relief to know what we were up against . ’ |
| 14 | We were told not to do a thing , if we did it well you , you knew what you were up against . |
| 15 | They then reached a tender situation where they were up against five other contractors . |
| 16 | LEICESTER went into the match against Charlton hoping to equal the best winning run in the club 's history … but they were up against their bogey club for the past two years . |
| 17 | ‘ They must have bugged her for the same reason we went to see her : she was somebody unofficial but experienced in underground work — They 'd know they were up against some British group not the CIA . |
| 18 | Obviously the scum are an exception and we all want them to loose , it was a shame they were up against a more charitable defence than ours . |
| 19 | I thought both full-backs had a good game , particularly with the lively attackers they were up against . |
| 20 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 21 | Oxford were up against it now … |
| 22 | ‘ Linfield were drawn against a better team than the one we defeated — and I know from playing in Cyprus with Shamrock Rovers a few years back that Bangor were up against it , too . |
| 23 | They were up against a side encouraged by a large , partisan crowd but kept their discipline and got a good result . |
| 24 | ‘ Linfield were drawn against a better team than the one we defeated — and I know from playing in Cyprus with Shamrock Rovers a few years back that Bangor were up against it , too . |
| 25 | Alan Shearer and Mike Newell were up against five at the front and it was very difficult for them . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |
| 27 | The pound lost over two cents against the dollar at $1.52 and was down against the mark . |
| 28 | Next , surely , he must have thought he was up against a demon intent on destroying him for no reason at all . |
| 29 | North tried , for appearances ' sake , to present the rebels as an effective force , but he was up against higher-ranking military men who disagreed with him . |
| 30 | In spite of this galaxy of stars and performing dugs and the like , the Theatre with a capital ‘ T ’ was up against it , which does n't mean the wall of the Theatre next door . |