Example sentences of "be [verb] against [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better than some , in fact , since he had once had West Riding connections and , as young political agitators went , possessed a relatively unblemished reputation , with not so much as a single term of imprisonment , as yet , to be used against him at the hustings . |
| 2 | Every incriminating word that Younis uttered within range of the room bugs was meticulously recorded , transcribed and translated as evidence to be used against him in an American court . |
| 3 | fear that information will be used against them in a bargaining situation . |
| 4 | Among several other flaws in Anselm 's election and investiture , there was one which neither Anselm nor anyone else mentioned at the time , but was later to be held against him by the papal legate : on a strict view , his election -in addition to all its other legal defects — had been schismatic , since the king and all the others who took part , with the sole exception of Anselm himself , were schismatics , for they had not recognized Urban II as the legitimate pope although he had now been pope for five years . |
| 5 | I want you , but I have no intention of giving you a plain gold ring or any other ring that could be held against me as a pledge . |