Example sentences of "[verb] against [num] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proceedings were also dropped against 35 of the 90 Islamic fundamentalists previously charged with planning terrorist acts against the regime of former President Bourguiba in November 1987 . |
| 2 | Hundreds of crates of beer were stacked against three of the whitewashed walls but the fourth , and longest , wall was hidden behind rows of wooden racks lined with bottles of both local and imported wines . |
| 3 | He drove more than 12,000 miles in competition on the track , and raced against 240 of the 596 drivers who had ever entered the event . |
| 4 | She said that she had ‘ accidentally brushed against one of the four girls who were standing on the pavement ’ , whereupon ‘ all four caught hold of her , and beat her in a most savage manner , using fearful language ’ and left her on the pound bleeding profusely from the nose and mouth . |
| 5 | Slobodan Milosevic , the Serbian President and a former leader of the Serbian communists , was elected president of the new party on July 17 , receiving 1,299 of the votes cast against 66 for the other candidate , the Socialist Alliance leader Radmila Andeljkova . |
| 6 | He whipped off the rag which the wind caught and blew against one of the spiked heads . |
| 7 | Guido flicked his gaze over her as he leaned against one of the geranium-filled stone urns . |
| 8 | A white plastic bag containing two loaves of bread was huddled against one of the last dock posts and she was relieved to see it , something belonging to today , to the living . |
| 9 | She was leaning against one of the scarred pillars , her whole body shaking with sobs . |