Example sentences of "[adv prt] against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After watching them work out , team captain Ann Jones decided to put Jo Durie and Clare Wood in against the Indonesians . |
| 2 | I think that normally there is a cheque sent through with the notification , which we put in against the COUP 's fees code , but there is n't one this time . |
| 3 | From day one my D35 blew it away , and I felt no pangs as it went , traded in against the Martin which cost me £225 in Top Gear in Denmark Street . |
| 4 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 5 | The Zekes come in against the line of P–40s , one runs amok as others erupt in flames . |
| 6 | However , after two poor performances , he was drafted in against the tricky Minor Counties ( who later beat Sussex ) . |
| 7 | Downstream an ancient felucca lay in against the bank , its hull the colour of granite . |
| 8 | At the next intersection he drew in against the left-hand wall , peering around the corner into the corridor to his left . |
| 9 | Had she not been nervous , Lydia would have been angry , for she had realised that she was , herself , a domestic beast penned in against the night in a frightening little box of night that was all her own , vulnerable to destruction by the very bounds of its definition . |
| 10 | It reached a peak as miners surged in against the riot shields . |
| 11 | The other hand , also in a clenched fist position , is tucked in against the opposite side of the body , with the thumb and fingers facing upwards . |
| 12 | Hang on a minute , I just wan want to work out what happens if a complaint comes in against the Gas board ? |
| 13 | He said that the proper approach was to be found in against the National Coal Board nineteen eighty five one weekly reports nine thirty at ninety five . |
| 14 | Would you like to see them in against the outside candidates if we look at this |
| 15 | That 's my ambition to be roaring in against the Aussies next year . |
| 16 | Then he made 38 runs in good time as Northern cashed in against the champions ' depleted bowling resources . |
| 17 | And then when you get to the er van proper you take things like a wardrobe and you put it edgewise on int th in against the side of the van , you 'd then put a wrapper over , and then you 'd put something soft like a mattress facing it , because obviously that 's a shiny side and if you can put something soft into it it 's not going to get scratched . |
| 18 | On the gallops they 've huddled in against the hedgerows to watch and study the form . |
| 19 | This would move up or ( at the moment ) down against the mark . |
| 20 | The men wore rubber ponchos and had exchanged their black berets for jungle hats pulled well down against the rain so that he was unable to discern whether Miguelito was amongst their number . |
| 21 | He pumped a shot into the breech and laid the gun on the portside cockpit settee , covering it with his shirt weighted down against the wind with the coiled stern line . |
| 22 | Often , when I was cycling through the camp after coming off duty , I would spy Thursby in the distance beavering along , head down against the gale , full of eagerness to get back on the job and spot any mistakes we had made during his absence . |
| 23 | They sat down against the summerhouse wall and talked of each others activities over the last nine years . |
| 24 | This view represents the actual foil pattern layout and is the side which will be placed down against the UV light source . |
| 25 | The pound lost over two cents against the dollar at $1.52 and was down against the mark . |
| 26 | Their front row trio , Johann Styger , Willie Hills and Keith Andrews , admitted that they had prepared on the basis that they would scrum down against the most successful England unit in history . |
| 27 | The pound slipped against the German mark and closed nearly six cents down against the US dollar . |
| 28 | Sharpe reloaded the rifle , this time ramming the bullet hard down against the charge , then released the horse . |
| 29 | Gruesome flogging cartoons and fantasies of violent reprisal dominated the response , and when the magazine crashed down against the garotting packs and the sentimentalists ( and it was not always clear who was supposed to be the real villain ) both humour and artistic quality were sometimes surrendered as hostages to the gout . |
| 30 | She put her case and her violin down against the wall . |