Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between demonstrates how a multiplicity of different discursive systems intertwine to form the substrata of an individual mind which plays them off against each other , combines them and uses them to generate the repertory of stories that determine how she ‘ reads ’ the world in which she lives . |
| 2 | Would you like to see them in against the outside candidates if we look at this |
| 3 | She handed two packets and a wafer to the boy , who had finished wiping the mattresses down and had leant them up against the wall to dry . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'll grow up with rickets like the rest of 'em , ’ she said , rubbing Patrick 's thin legs which failed to support him when he attempted to pull himself up against his father 's chair . |
| 5 | In the summer of 1675 , in the course of Louis XIV 's Dutch War , he found himself up against the great imperial general Montecucculi , who in the previous year had outmanoeuvred Turenne to capture Bonn . |
| 6 | After dominating for four rounds , he suddenly found himself up against it when he shipped a series of right hand shots in the final two sessions . |
| 7 | He is such a lucid writer — and although he defends himself ably against the charge of superficiality ( which has been levelled since I was a student ) the breadth of his scholarship is so immense that the defence seems unnecessary . |
| 8 | For a man who places himself resolutely against the suppression o questions Lord Todd 's juggling act with logic seem odd . |
| 9 | Gingerly he reached forward , found a wall and levered himself up against it . |
| 10 | A furious face jams itself up against mine . |
| 11 | The fringing reef came into view as well : a ragged line of breakers , huge walls of spume and the ocean hurling itself relentlessly against the coral . |
| 12 | He wrote , ‘ Only a socialist Latin or Spanish America can pit itself effectively against plutocratic , imperialist North America . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
| 14 | By this pact Japan ranged herself firmly against the European nations with colonies in East and Southeast Asia . |
| 15 | She welcomed him into bed , pressing herself tight against him , running her fingers through is great leonine mane and sending him signals to say that she was ready to do her duty as a wife . |
| 16 | His voice caught in his throat as he turned to take hold of her and press her fiercely against his chest . |
| 17 | With a groan , Vitor drew her up against him and pinioned her in his arms . |
| 18 | He drew her back against him and pressed a kiss to the top of her head . |
| 19 | As the softly spoken syllables seemed to hover in the air around them with a soft moan he drew her fiercely against him , raining kisses on her face , making her shiver deliciously . |
| 20 | He would have joined Melissa on the great bed , pressing her down against the coverlet and ravishing her long white neck with passionate kisses . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , do n't be boring , Robyn ! ’ he mumbled , and then , before she could get up , do anything , he was pushing all his weight against her , pressing her back against the bed , half lying across her , holding her wrists so that she had no way of fighting him off . |
| 22 | She simply spread her fingers across his back and drew him hard against her eager mouth , swollen and throbbing with a need she could n't disguise . |
| 23 | She laughed rather shrilly , grabbed his hands and tried to pull him up against her . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't go , ’ Fernando grated , clutching at her hips to pull her back against his body . |
| 25 | In order to get a true comparison between the firms ( and accordingly between the contributions , both capital and income generating , of their partners ) it may be necessary : ( 1 ) to revalue capital assets to a common date ; ( 2 ) to bring in the profits from the disposal of any property not required by the merged firm ; ( 3 ) to devise some means of compensation if goodwill is to be written out of account where it has previously been treated as an asset in which the partners have a share ; ( 4 ) where work in progress features in the accounts of one of the firms , to eliminate it by billing or to write it off against the capital accounts of that firm 's partners ; ( 5 ) to settle how bad debts are to be treated post-merger , either charged generally against the new firm or separately against the partners of the old firms ; ( 6 ) to write off the value of old fixtures and fittings ; ( 7 ) to revise profit and loss accounts to a common accounting date . |
| 26 | You all know what Strats sound like and what 5-position selectors do , but to get an overall picture of this guitar I lined it up against a regular office hack ( a Tokai hybrid with an old ‘ 58 Fender neck and Alnico Pro II 's in the middle and bridge positions ) and can report that the SRV came out well . |
| 27 | What better way to test the mettle of the new Calibra 16v than to pitch it directly against the class best , VW 's Corrado G60 ? |
| 28 | Garner and Croft were by now both injured , but West Indies suddenly found themselves up against some determination . |
| 29 | With only the staff at Bloomsbury House and their regional offices as the long stop for advice and modest practical assistance , it is not surprising that a high proportion of Kindertransporte veterans , possibly as many as one in ten , found themselves up against the police or other bastions of social authority . |
| 30 | They press themselves up against the adventurers . |