Example sentences of "[verb] himself against a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely he must have realised that he was pitting himself against a concern of considerable strength . |
| 2 | Soon scotched himself against a wall ; |
| 3 | Somewhere down there he stubbed himself against an ill-defined but hard mass of fact , and brought it up to the surface to examine it . |
| 4 | He stood in the stern balancing himself against a stay , guiding the tiller with his bare foot . |
| 5 | Rain left him supporting himself against a table as she fetched her shoulder bag . |
| 6 | He was a little boy again , defending himself against an accusation , petulant and self-righteous but , above all , scared . |
| 7 | He supported himself against a pillar with his free hand . |
| 8 | Simon now took his only chance to measure himself against a Formula One driver . |
| 9 | Posing himself against a background , if you see what I mean . |
| 10 | So was it reasonable for the driver to step in and use his car to defend himself against a gang armed with lumps of concrete ? |
| 11 | In practising a form , the student is taught to defend himself against a series of imaginary opponents . |
| 12 | Hamlet [ his father could n't afford a large cigar when he was born ] , steadied himself against a stanchion on the underside of the rig . |