Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MP for 20 years , when he successfully fought against the closure of Shildon wagon works . |
| 2 | Throughout August Col. Moamer al Kadhafi , the leader of Libya , consistently criticized the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait , but he nevertheless voted against the Cairo summit resolution . |
| 3 | Charlton 0 , Plymouth 0 PETER SHILTON made his playing debut for the Plymouth side he now manages against the team he first played against over 20 years ago . |
| 4 | He now stood against the end of the piano , his forearms resting on the top of it . |
| 5 | This was a clause which he frequently invoked against the papacy . |
| 6 | Then he took a pencil and paper and started to tot up all the monies he presently held against the expenses he had . |
| 7 | When he met Brecht he even railed against the advertisements ‘ contaminating Berlin . ’ |