Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] against the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the next intersection he drew in against the left-hand wall , peering around the corner into the corridor to his left . |
| 2 | Gruesome flogging cartoons and fantasies of violent reprisal dominated the response , and when the magazine crashed down against the garotting packs and the sentimentalists ( and it was not always clear who was supposed to be the real villain ) both humour and artistic quality were sometimes surrendered as hostages to the gout . |
| 3 | In February of 1982 , the Sunni fundamentalists of Hama rose up against the Alawite regime . |
| 4 | There came a day , said Freud , the sons in frustration , rose up against the primal father , murdered him , ate him , in a grisly act of cannibalism , raped the mothers and sisters , and then having gratified the positive side of , of the negative side of their ambivalence , about the primal father , their hate for him , their desire to supplant him , and so on , were left with the positive side unsatisfied . |
| 5 | It is a real moral aberration that leaves at liberty those who violated human dignity and those who rose up against the constitutional order . ’ |
| 6 | Instinctively she drew back against the damp cellar wall , willing herself to fuse into the crumbling , whitewashed brickwork . |
| 7 | His scream echoed madly inside the tunnel as he fell was slammed against the brickwork then bounced back against the speeding train , his body pulped by the impact . |
| 8 | For the first time Gould came up against the devastating effects of unlimited commercial exploitation . |
| 9 | Perhaps he came up against the Edwardian equivalent of a conservation lobby . |
| 10 | She came up against the unsolved riddle with a horrible jerk . |
| 11 | Unfortunately for Glanvil , many ghost stories are faked ; and investigators of the psychic phenomena of two centuries later came up against the same problem . |
| 12 | The dropping man came up against the wrought iron , and glass powder sifted like fairy dust down into the courtyard . |
| 13 | ONCE-RACED MILIYEL * , who came up against the 1,000 Guineas ante-post favourite Musicale when both made their debut at Lingfield last season , may open her account in the Geoffrey Barling Maiden Fillies ' Stakes ( 2.00 ) at Newmarket today . |
| 14 | There was a distinct nip in the air as , on the last day of November , the huddle of international yachting journalists , collars turned up against the northerly wind , made their way through the doors of the 30th Salon Nautique . |
| 15 | For as she pressed back against the front door , trembling and bewildered , she saw what was in substance her own house . |
| 16 | From the window of his room on the top floor of the tenement building , Joe could see down into old Mr Webb 's office at the rear of the shop , and the outline of scores of books were clearly visible poled up against the filthy windows . |
| 17 | But even as she vowed to protect she was filled with terror at the unhappiness the fleeting expressions rehearsed ; pulled up against the staggering independence of this creature to experience its own ranges of reaction , its life , quite separate from and un-understood by her . |
| 18 | I shrank back against the wooden seatback . |
| 19 | When a right-wing revolt broke out against the newly-elected president portes Gil , the Communists , who were highly influential with the peasant Leagues , instructed them to fight on behalf of the government to help quell the uprising . |
| 20 | But not out yet , his savaged leg : and he had to turn — the door opened in on him — and Anton , sprung as a cat ; this opening , what he had sought , again flung himself at the foreman , who , caught by surprise , new horror , staggered back so that both of them , locked as one , a horrific beast , fell out against the far wall , the urinal , where : so long ago , as aeons past , Parker had first made his move . |
| 21 | The wall of the house was behind her and she leant back against the warm brickwork and closed her eyes . |
| 22 | ‘ Chung Hom Kok , m'goi , ’ she said tightly to the driver , and leant back against the blue leather seats as they pulled away . |
| 23 | She lay back against the heaped pile of pillows and smiled at him . |
| 24 | It was still hot , though the evening was falling , and she lay back against the warm wall , and closed her eyes . |
| 25 | After filling his cracked white china mug for the third time , Yanto lay back against the mossy bank and gloried in his contentment . |
| 26 | She lay back against the hard sofa , sipping the drink when David brought it to her and swallowing with difficulty . |
| 27 | Limply she fell back against the unyielding scrubland , sobbing and crying , numb to everything but Fernando 's flutter of consoling kisses across her face and throat . |
| 28 | The blind man nodded , spoke up against the weary roar of the airstream that broke like surf on this rocky spur deep in Antarctic Mars , and in his voice was a smile , the first emotional response he 'd given them . |
| 29 | He leaned back against the creaking leather of his seat and said : |
| 30 | Balor leaned back against the nearest Tree and Snodgrass unpacked the food and spread it out . |