Example sentences of "[v-ing] and [verb] against the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I am a standard , no-frills Earthling , but Goodney , in his white suit , suntan and sliding blond hair , stood out like a pink elephant among the sin-sick funeral directors lurking and cruising against the blood-coloured walls . |
2 | She was breathing fast , her breasts rising and falling against the soft cotton , and suddenly he could n't breathe , could n't sit there another moment and watch her … |
3 | Matilda was still ranting and raving against the absent Earl for getting himself captured . |
4 | The artist 's body emerges actively resisting and struggling against the racist iconography that surrounds the imaging of the Asian woman . |
5 | Ruthven looked up at the birds wheeling and twisting against the blue sky . |