Example sentences of "[pn reflx] against [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this time we will take measures to protect ourselves against your duplicity . ’ |
| 2 | As the kiss lingered , she was made aware of his hardness as he pressed himself against her . |
| 3 | Turning from the window , she gazed on the face of her husband , a kind face and not unattractive , with its straight features and good skin , and the unruly mop of hair that tumbled over his forehead ; he stirred in her arms , whimpering like a child , and pressing himself against her . |
| 4 | It excited her to feel a man like him shudder as he pressed himself against her , to feel his weakness underneath all that Parisian aplomb . |
| 5 | But the fact that he had won a signal victory over the headmaster on Monday night made him reluctant to pit himself against him again so soon . |
| 6 | He clenched himself against them , tightening himself , determined not to be taken unawares . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Leaning forward , he pressed himself against her back , his mouth kissing the nape of her neck , and his hands raising her skirt , creeping fingers against her thighs , touching her in that most private part . |
| 9 | Nan Ho had kept his head lowered , bracing himself against her reaction . |
| 10 | As the train thundered over a set of points he steadied himself against her seat for a moment , then wandered off down the aisle . |
| 11 | He encouraged Scots to appeal direct to himself against their own king 's judgements . |
| 12 | But Eubank is keen to make Eubank v Benn II a reality next summer and insisted last night : ‘ Never mind that , Nigel deserves his million and he should be given the chance to redeem himself against me . ’ |
| 13 | When I returned to my flat the cat meowed a welcome and rubbed himself against my legs . |
| 14 | — The right hon. Gentleman does not need a fig leaf to protect himself against my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover , he needs a suit of armour . |
| 15 | Dickinson ducked down and screwed up his face bracing himself against she shock , listening to the widening roar of the other engine . |
| 16 | The debtor who refused to go and defend himself against his creditor 's charges risked having some of his possessions seized and sold to pay what he still owed . |
| 17 | There comes a time when a karateka wishes to test himself against his peers . |
| 18 | She tried to close the door but he was grasping the edge of it , supporting himself against it . |
| 19 | For years , he had pitted himself against it , aware that it would mean the time for worrying about the future was over and the time for action had arrived . |
| 20 | The door is closed to new members , and the membership protects itself against what it calls Proliferation with wire , guns , attack dogs , certainly , but above all with a suffocating cloak of secrecy . |
| 21 | A large black cat with tattered ears appeared and strolled unconcernedly through the maze of feet to rub itself against her legs . |
| 22 | ‘ I was just wondering how much I 'm really going to enjoy being a sex slave , ’ she told him bitterly , panting slightly as his hand moved lower , his palm flattening itself against her stomach . |
| 23 | The heavy bulldog threw itself against its chain , barking and snapping . |
| 24 | When she was within a few feet of the ground , the cat leapt from her and rubbed itself against its mistress 's legs . |
| 25 | During his voyage from India , Chandrasekhar worked out how big a star could be and still support itself against its own gravity after it had used up all its fuel . |
| 26 | Chandrasekhar calculated that a cold star of more than about one and a half times the mass of the sun would not be able to support itself against its own gravity . |
| 27 | I stood and looked at it and it came and rubbed itself against my leg . |
| 28 | My hood flicks up , and pins itself against my face . |
| 29 | A return to Cornwall after seven years eventually opened the way to a conversion in which Bray 's family past reasserted itself against his recent deviations , and , without transforming his personality , reinforced it against the mental weaknesses to which his sister succumbed . |
| 30 | The wind was gusting through the branches of the old oak tree outside and hurling itself against his window . |