Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] up against the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that had happened in my day , those players would have had him up against the nearest wall and sorted it out . |
| 2 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
| 3 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 4 | It would pin him up against the nearest wall and try to eat his clothes , or chase him until his cries of fright attracted everyone 's amused attention . |
| 5 | ‘ Increasingly more training is having to be organised internally , which brings us up against the major constraint of time ’ … |
| 6 | ‘ Increasingly more training is having to be organised internally , which brings us up against the major constraints of staff time ’ … |