Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] himself against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where it did not , how far did it allow him to assert himself against the trustee and the property he had acquired in place of the object under trust ? |
| 2 | Rain left him supporting himself against a table as she fetched her shoulder bag . |
| 3 | He might have had it with him to protect himself against " an imminent and particular threat " . |
| 4 | He hugged himself against the sudden freezing wind then scrambled to his feet as it whipped the first drops of rain through the open door . |
| 5 | He clenched himself against them , tightening himself , determined not to be taken unawares . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He hardened himself against the sight of her ; even so he felt himself moved . |
| 8 | I 'll see you , phone you one day in the week , I saw the post lady coming up the drive and I said to Henry who 's that , he threw himself against the top window so there was indeed someone coming up the drive , tore into the dinning room , picked up his tennis ball , raced back to the window and wow , wow , wow , with his ball in his mouth , and I said Henry you 're really going to frightened off intruders with a ball in your mouth , I said . |
| 9 | As the kiss lingered , she was made aware of his hardness as he pressed himself against her . |
| 10 | Again he pressed himself against the wall and peered cautiously into the hall . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He braced himself against the sides of that smooth slanting chimney in almost foetal position and began to force his way upward by flexing . |
| 14 | He braced himself against the now torrential downpour and grabbed the door handle with both hands , hauling the sliding door back across the opening but stopping short of banging it closed . |
| 15 | The muscles of his legs and arms bulged alarmingly and shone with sweat as he braced himself against the bulkheads to study the small control panel . |
| 16 | He supported himself against a pillar with his free hand . |
| 17 | His breathing gradually slowed as he propped himself against one edge of the desk , drinking . |
| 18 | Grabbing at the Zodiac 's tow line , he held himself against the river for a moment , getting his breath back . |
| 19 | As the train thundered over a set of points he steadied himself against her seat for a moment , then wandered off down the aisle . |
| 20 | Then he hurled himself against the rigid flap of wall , pushing it , bending it back into the hole , stamping on it as he forced his way into the darkness beyond . |