Example sentences of "as he [verb] against the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cut to close-up of blood trickling from his face as he fell against the rail . |
| 2 | Luke moved closer , his arm brushing hers as he leant against the rail , one eyebrow quirking when she immediately moved away . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She continued with her painting , not raising her head as he leaned against the tree trunk behind her . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There was a sudden bang as he crashed against the Lift , and a scraping sensation as he began to roll along the surface . |
| 10 | 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 . |