Example sentences of "[pers pn] come up against a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I trained hard all last winter and in one race I came up against a black who I knew had n't prepared properly . |
| 2 | The first time I came up against a woman comandante … |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps she did , and when she came up against a brick wall she turned to me . |
| 4 | When you are at this age and you come up against a brick wall , you do sometimes feel like screaming with frustration . |
| 5 | As a teacher I try to do what I can , but in a lot of cases you come up against a brick wall with a lot of racist graffiti on it ! |