Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] up against the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A deep-voiced character with five o'clock shadow all over his face and fists like Popeye the Sailor grabbed the girl by her Indian beads and slammed her up against the mantelpiece . |
| 2 | Bernard grabbed the front of Barak 's shirt and slammed him up against the wall . |
| 3 | He grabbed Brett the moment he opened the door and slammed him up against the wall . |
| 4 | And the wind took him up pony and all , and plumped him up against the hedge . ’ |
| 5 | He bent to pick them up and I pulled him into the alley and smashed him up against the wall . |
| 6 | and lean it up against the garden shed , you know what I mean ? |
| 7 | Next day he came along carrying a huge , man-sized wooden cross , and propped it up against the pageant . |
| 8 | Why , wondered Senator Rudman at the hearings , had he not taken North into his office and closed the door and put him up against the wall and pushed him and pushed him and pushed him ? |
| 9 | The younger man had hauled his older opponent from the ground and held him up against the wall with one hand while he pummelled his face with the other , and the blood covered his fist . |