Example sentences of "[vb pp] up against the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Poles , through Commissioner General Marian Chodacki , said that what went on to their stamps was their business , and they were genuinely mystified that Danzigers whose ancestors had risen up against the Teutonic Knights should feel offended by stamps that celebrated their victory . |
| 2 | These factors have stacked up against the amateur game : a preponderance of Tours to house players ; a huge glamour industry attached to the pro game that seduces the players ; parents wanting to push their sons into a life of perceived prestige and an automatic aspiration to be a pro among most players of ability . |
| 3 | Only a flicker from the television , reflected in the gloss of his eye and thrown up against the blank darkness , lent him the illusion of a lustre passing through her body , opaline . |
| 4 | Lined up against the working mums were women who 'd given up work to look after their children , women who 'd had working mothers themselves and felt they had missed out , and women who had tried to do it all and given up the struggle . |
| 5 | More often than not the gravel is piled up against the front glass of the tank as though the fish are trying to keep you from prying into their nest . |
| 6 | The triplet , reunited with its mother , was heading back towards the flock that was bunched up against the top fence . |