Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [adv prt] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Childbirth ’ our local priest called it , but I did n't really understand what he was on about until several years later when I came up against the problem again . |
| 2 | She backed away , one hand raised to ward him off , stopping abruptly as she came up against the edge of the table . |
| 3 | Here you come up against the problem of the modern Pyrenees . |
| 4 | As soon as any efforts to form national unions were made , they came up against the imbalance between Glasgow and the rest of the country . ’ |
| 5 | Later that month , the Archbishop of Tuam delivered a sermon in which he came out against the mining . |
| 6 | It came down against the crash barrier . |