Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Godfrey Webster , the fifth baronet , was elected as a Tory member for the county in 1812 ; almost immediately he voted against the government whose friends had put him in and became increasingly radical in his demands for electoral reform and the abolition of political sinecures for the supporters of ministers . |
| 2 | He said he was threatened that his career was finished if he voted against the Government . |
| 3 | My hon Friend the Member for Islington , South and Finsbury , when he argues against the disruption of his own constituency , is on stronger ground than when he tries to prove that King 's Cross is not the best available option for an interchange . |
| 4 | Cut to close-up of blood trickling from his face as he fell against the rail . |
| 5 | Luke moved closer , his arm brushing hers as he leant against the rail , one eyebrow quirking when she immediately moved away . |
| 6 | Alongside , Dominic was utterly silent , and she could feel his body growing cooler as he slouched against the bed-head with casual unconcern for his nakedness . |
| 7 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
| 8 | Those wool-clad shoulders looked immensely powerful , and Luke 's stance as he leaned against the wall watching her reactions showed the strong torso , the lean curve of casually-clad flanks . |
| 9 | She continued with her painting , not raising her head as he leaned against the tree trunk behind her . |
| 10 | De Villiers was left talking to the air , a very thoughtful look on his face as he leaned against the doorway and watched fitzAlan stride across the bailey , towing Isabel behind him . |
| 11 | The logic here is carried a stage further in s75 of CCA 1974 which applies in three party debtor-creditor-supplier agreements as it allows the debtor a " like claim " against the creditor as he has against the transferor . |
| 12 | There was a sudden bang as he crashed against the Lift , and a scraping sensation as he began to roll along the surface . |
| 13 | Tourist backpackers chattering in high tones ; theatre-/supper-goers gazing nervously at the cluster of dishevelled , ruby-faced lads who wave their cans and bawl out the rallying cry of ‘ 'Ere we go , ‘ ere we go ! ’ at alarming volume ; a comatose figure lying on the bucket seats and crying out an important but indecipherable message about some quite obvious connection betwixt Jesus and Aids ; in the corner a girl with dishevelled hair and a soiled James Dean T-shirt sprawled on the concrete and a man with bloodied chin mouthing profanities as he urinates against the wall . |