Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't know , but it would appear that someone took an axe and drove it hard against the wall , with such force the stone was marked and the wooden handle of the axe shattered . ’ |
| 2 | Then , squaring her shoulders , she lifted the knocker again and pounded it repeatedly against the door . |
| 3 | He was at his most sincere when he argued for the South and defended it ferociously against the feebleness of Yankee and British snobberies and prejudice . |
| 4 | From time to time she crossed the room , soaked a flannel in the tepid water of a basin , and pressed it gently against the Collector 's swollen face . |
| 5 | Leaning across the girl he placed it firmly against the pimp 's right temple . |
| 6 | When he struck it hard against the trunk of the tree it seemed solid and did not break or splinter . |